vanité

See also: vanite

French

Etymology

From Middle French vanité, from Old French, borrowed from Latin vānitas, vānitātem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.ni.te/
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Noun

vanité f (plural vanités)

futility, pointlessness
vanity (excessive pride)
vanitas

Related terms

vain

Further reading

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

Anagrams

enviât, native, veinât, venait

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin vānitas, vānitātem.

Noun

vanité f (uncountable)

vanity (excessive pride)

Descendants

French: vanité

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