dévastation

See also: devastation

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēvāstātiōnem. By surface analysis, dévaster +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.vas.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

dévastation f (plural dévastations)

1. devastation, destruction

Further reading

• “dévastation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.