comparaison
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An early borrowing of Latin comparātiōnem. Unrelated to comparaître (“to appear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]comparaison f (plural comparaisons)
- comparison
- simile (figure of speech)
Further reading
[edit]- “comparaison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Noun
[edit]comparaison f (plural comparaisons)
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