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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“to send forth; to promise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.mɛs/
- Hyphenation: pro‧messe
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Noun
promesse f (plural promesses)
- promise (all meanings)
- manquer à sa promesse ― to break one's promise (quite formal)
Une promesse partiellement tenue est une promesse entièrement trahie.- A partially-kept promise is a fully-broken one.
- (literally, “a fully broken promise”)
2013, Zaz, Je rentre:Je fais la promesse de ne plus croire en ce qui me ment / Ne plus me nier dans ma souffrance- I promise to stop believing in things that deceive me / To no longer deny myself in my suffering
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈmes.se/
- Rhymes: -esse
- Hyphenation: pro‧més‧se
Etymology 1
Noun
promesse f pl
- plural of promessa (“promise”)
Etymology 2
Participle
promesse f pl
- feminine plural of promesso
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Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Late Latin prōmissa (“promise”), from Latin prōmissum (“promise”), from promittō (“I send forth; I promise”).
Noun
promesse oblique singular, f (oblique plural promesses, nominative singular promesse, nominative plural promesses)
- promise
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