récompense

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See also: recompense, récompensé, and recompensé

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/
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Noun

récompense f (plural récompenses)

  1. 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.”
  2. prize, award

Descendants

  • → Romanian: recompensă

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