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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin caesūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.zyʁ/
- Rhymes: -yʁ
- Hyphenation: cé‧sure
Noun
césure f (plural césures)
- (poetry) caesura (a pause or interruption)
- césure trihémimère, césure penthémimère ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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