abondance
Contents
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
abondance (plural abondances)
- (card games) Alternative form of abundance[1]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “abondance” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 6.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin abundantia.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
abondance f (plural abondances)
- A large amount; a plethora or profusion.
- Abondance de biens ne nuit pas. — Store is no sore.
- Wealth of goods, abundance; opulence, prosperity.
- (sciences) abundance
Usage notesEdit
- When meaning "a large amount", abondance serves as a quantifier and requires a complement with de
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “abondance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin abundantia.
NounEdit
abondance f (plural abondances)
- abundance (plentiful amount)
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin abundantia.
NounEdit
abondance f (oblique plural abondances, nominative singular abondance, nominative plural abondances)
- abundance (plentiful amount)