grâce

See also: grace, Grace, Grâce, and Graces

French

Etymology

From Old French grace, from an early borrowing from Latin grātia[1][2], from gratus (“as a favour”). The circumflex is not etymologically accurate, as the Old French form is grace, not *grasce.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑs/
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  • Homophones: grasse, grasses
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

grâce f (plural grâces)

  1. grace, charm
  2. favour
  3. mercy

Derived terms

References
  1. “grâce” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
  2. “Notes on the Development of -kj-, -tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 6 February 2012, archived from the original on 7 February 2012

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