évidence

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvidentia. A false friend of evidence, which is better translated as preuve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.vi.dɑ̃s/
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Noun

évidence f (plural évidences)

  1. obviousness, clearness
    Il faut se rendre à l’évidence.
    We must face the facts.
    C’est l’évidence même.
    It is completely obvious.
    Si vous êtes venu uniquement pour expliquer des évidences comme celles-là, vous feriez tout aussi bien de repartir.
    If you came just to state the obvious like this, you would do just as well to go home.

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