métempsycose
Appearance
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin metempsychōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]métempsycose 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)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “métempsycose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- French terms borrowed from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Philosophy
- fr:Religion
- French terms with quotations