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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French espés, from Old French espés, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
épais (feminine épaisse, masculine plural épais, feminine plural épaisses)
- thick
- Synonym: cou
- un livre épais ― a thick book
- des cheveux épais ― thick hair
- une épaisse fumée ― a thick smoke
- (literary or Quebec, informal) stupid, thick
- Synonyms: lent, imbécile
1734, Montesquieu, Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence:Les Béotiens, les plus épais de tous les Grecs, prenaient le moins de part qu’ils pouvaient aux affaires générales.- The Boeotians, the dullest of all the Greeks, took the least part they could in general affairs.
Derived terms
Adverb
épais
- thickly; densely
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