basané

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See also: basane

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.za.ne/
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Participle

basané (feminine basanée, masculine plural basanés, feminine plural basanées)

  1. past participle of basaner

Adjective

basané (feminine basanée, masculine plural basanés, feminine plural basanées)

  1. swarthy, dark-skinned
    • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, “Départ”, in Tristes Tropiques, Librairie Plon:
      J’ai toujours regretté de ne pas l’avoir connu en pleine jeunesse, quand brun et basané à l’image d’un conquistador et tout frémissant des perspectives scientifiques qu’ouvrait la psychologie du XIXᵉ siècle, il était parti à la conquête spirituelle du Nouveau Monde.
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