à foison

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a fwa.zɔ̃/
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Adverb

à foison

  1. in plenty, aplenty, galore, abundantly, in abundance
    Synonyms: à profusion, à gogo, à la pelle, en veux-tu en voilà
    • 2019 September 11, “Cinéma : avec « Deux moi », Cédric Klapisch dresse le portrait des trentenaires d’aujourd’hui”, in Le Monde:
      Elle est biologiste tandis qu’il alterne les petits boulots sans âme qu’offre à foison notre époque (ouvrier dans un entrepôt, téléconseiller dans un centre d’appels).
      She is a biologist while he alternates between the soulless odd jobs that our time offers in abundance (worker in a warehouse, customer agent in a call center).