vérité
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Noun edit
vérité (uncountable)
- Short for cinéma vérité.
- 2005, Alan Rosenthal, John Corner, New Challenges for Documentary: Second Edition, page 158:
- [W]e've done some vérité, but we haven't structured our films totally around the use of vérité footage.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French verité, from Old French verité, borrowed from Latin vēritātem. An inherited/popular Old French form verté also once existed. Compare English verity.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vérité f (plural vérités)
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Further reading edit
- “vérité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.