alternance

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English

Noun

alternance (countable and uncountable, plural alternances)

  1. Alternation.
    • 2016, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Time and the Rhythms of Emancipatory Education, page 126:
      They constituted the very first form of alternance between work and study.

French

Etymology

From alterner +‎ -ance, influenced by Latin alternatiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

alternance f (plural alternances)

  1. alternation

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