atténuation
See also: attenuation
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin attenuātiōnem (“a diminishing”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file) - Homophone: atténuations
- Hyphenation: a‧tté‧nua‧tion
Noun edit
atténuation f (plural atténuations)
- attenuation
- Synonym: réduction
- Antonym: amplification
Further reading edit
- “atténuation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.