espoire

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Middle French

Verb

espoire

  1. third-person singular present indicative of esperer
    • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
      Vient, non au plus fort ou greigneur:
      Mais à qui luy plaist, com fault croire:
      Doncq a & chevance & honneur
      Cil qui par foy en luy espoire.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old French

Pronunciation

Noun

espoire oblique singularm (oblique plural espoires, nominative singular espoires, nominative plural espoire)

  1. hope

Descendants

  • French: espoir