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Middle French
Noun
senefiance f (plural senefiances)
- Rare form of signifiance.
Old French
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin significantia (the inherited form would be *senechance, *senegiance, compare senechier); equivalent to senefier + -ance. Doublet of significance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌse.nə.fiˈan.t͡sə/
- (Northern) IPA(key): /ˌse.nə.fiˈan.t͡ʃə/
- (with learned influence) IPA(key): /ˌsi.ɲi.fiˈan.t͡sə/
Noun
senefiance oblique singular, f (oblique plural senefiances, nominative singular senefiance, nominative plural senefiances)
- sign; signal; indication
- significance; importance
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