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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”).
Pronunciation
Noun
esperance (plural esperances)
- (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:Sith yet there is a credence in my heart,
An esperance so obstinately strong,
That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French esperance.
Noun
esperance f (plural esperances)
- hope
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Descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
esperer + -ance, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērāntia, from Latin spērāns.
Noun
esperance oblique singular, f (oblique plural esperances, nominative singular esperance, nominative plural esperances)
- hope
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Descendants
Spanish
Verb
esperance
- inflection of esperanzar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative