tempérance
Appearance
See also: temperance and Temperance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin temperantia. By surface analysis, tempéré + -ance.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tempérance f (plural tempérances)
- temperance (habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions)
- Antonym: intempérance
- Near-synonym: modération
Further reading
[edit]- “tempérance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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