précision
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1380 as Middle French precision (“cutting off”), borrowed from Latin praecīsiōnem (“cutting off”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]précision f (plural précisions)
- precision [from 1606]
- Synonyms: exactitude, justesse
- fusil de précision ― sniper rifle
- C’est un homme qui écrit avec une grande précision. ― He is a man who writes with great precision.
- detail(s); supplementary information for clarification [from 1682]
- Je voudrais vous donner quelques précisions. ― I would like to give you some details.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “précision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Noun
[edit]précision f (plural précisions)
- Alternative form of precision
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