métempsycose
French
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editBorrowed from Late Latin metempsychōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
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editNoun
editmétempsycose f (plural métempsycoses)
- (philosophy, religion) metempsychosis
- 1996, “Rimes féminines”, in Rimes féminines, performed by Juliette:
- Mais s’il vous plaît point de naissance / De jeunesse ni d’adolescence / Épargnez-moi la chambre rose / Soyez bonne ô métempsycose
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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editFurther reading
edit- “métempsycose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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