esperance

See also: espérance and esperancé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance).

Noun

esperance (plural esperances)

  1. (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
    • circa 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene II
      Sith yet there is a credence in my heart,
      An esperance so obstinately strong,
      That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esperance.

Noun

esperance f (plural esperances)

  1. hope

Synonyms

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

esperer +‎ -ance, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērāntia, from Latin spērāns.

Noun

esperance f (oblique plural esperances, nominative singular esperance, nominative plural esperances)

  1. hope

Synonyms

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

esperance

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
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