déception
Appearance
See also: deception
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin dēceptiōnem, from dēcipiō, whence French décevoir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]déception f (plural déceptions)
- disappointment
- quelle déception! ― what a disappointment!
Usage notes
[edit]- Déception is a false friend, and does not mean "deception". The word for "deception" in French is tromperie or duperie.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “déception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.