English

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Noun

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abondance (plural abondances)

  1. (card games) Alternative form of abundance[1]
    • 1976, Edu-Games (U.K.) (publisher), Games & Puzzles[1], numbers 44-55, page 32:
      with an abondance already declared against him and lacking the top two hearts, West took it as a fair bet that he must have held ten or eleven trumps, leaving a strong possibility of Ace bare in South's hand.

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abondance”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French abondance, from Latin abundantia.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: abon‧dan‧ce

Noun

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abondance f (plural abondances)

  1. abundance
    Synonym: overvloed
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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abundantia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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abondance f (plural abondances)

  1. a large amount; a plethora or profusion
    Abondance de biens ne nuit pas.Store is no sore.
  2. wealth of goods, abundance; opulence, prosperity
  3. (sciences) abundance

Usage notes

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  • When meaning "a large amount", abondance serves as a quantifier and requires a complement with de

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: abondance

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin abundantia.

Noun

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abondance f (plural abondances)

  1. abundance (plentiful amount)

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin abundantia.

Noun

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abondance oblique singularf (oblique plural abondances, nominative singular abondance, nominative plural abondances)

  1. abundance (plentiful amount)