condition sine qua non
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin sine quā nōn (“without which it is not possible”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
condition sine qua non f (plural conditions sine qua non)
- a sine qua non, an indispensable condition
- Near-synonym: condition nécessaire
Further reading[edit]
- “sine qua non”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.