espérance

See also: esperance and esperancé

French

Etymology

espérer +‎ -ance (Middle French and Old French esperance), or possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Italian speranza, Spanish esperanza, Catalan esperança.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/
Audio 1 (France, Paris) (file)
Audio 2 (France, Paris) (file)
Homophone: espérances
Hyphenation: es‧pé‧rance
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

espérance f (plural espérances)

hope

Antonyms

désespérance

Derived terms

espérance de vie

Further reading

“espérance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

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