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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dēpressiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ ~ /de.pʁe.sjɔ̃/
Noun
dépression f (plural dépressions)
- (geography) depression (area that is lower than its surroundings)
- (meteorology) depression (area of low atmospheric pressure)
- Coordinate term: surpression
- (psychology, psychiatry) depression (state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future)
- dépression nerveuse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (economics) depression (period of major economic contraction)
- Coordinate term: récession
- la Grande Dépression ― the Great Depression
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