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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sine quā nōn (“without which it is not possible”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃ si.ne kwa nɔn/
Noun
condition sine qua non f (plural conditions sine qua non)
- a sine qua non, an indispensable condition
- Near-synonym: condition nécessaire
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