austérité

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin austēritās.[1] By surface analysis, austère +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔs.te.ʁi.te/, /os.te.ʁi.te/ [1]
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Noun

austérité f (plural austérités)

  1. austerity, severity, rigidity
  2. destitution
  3. (economics) deficit cutting
    politique d’austérité ― policy of deficit-cutting

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “austérité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
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