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French
Pronunciation
Participle
basané (feminine basanée, masculine plural basanés, feminine plural basanées)
- past participle of basaner
Adjective
basané (feminine basanée, masculine plural basanés, feminine plural basanées)
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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