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Noun
récompense f (plural récompenses)
- reward, recompense
1864, Phaedrus, translated by Levasseur and J. Chenu, Fables, sourced from :« Ingrate, lui dit-il, tu as retiré ta tête saine et sauve de mon gosier, et tu demandes une récompense ! »- “You are an ungrateful one,” replied the Wolf, “to have taken your head in safety out of my mouth, and then to ask for a reward.”
- prize, award
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