circonstance
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French circonstance, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin circumstāntia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
circonstance f (plural circonstances)
- circumstance, situation [from c. 1220]
- en d’autres circonstances
- under other circumstances
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “circonstance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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