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/ap.sɑ̃/

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Translation

absent, away

Word origin

From Latin absens, the present participle of abesse ('to be away'), from ab ('away from') and esse ('to be').

Origin
Latin
Root
absens
English cognates
absent, absence

Grammar

Feminineabsente
Masc pluralabsents
Fem pluralabsentes

Examples

.

He has been away since Monday.

aujourd'hui.

Three pupils are absent today.

.

She was not at the meeting.

.

The boss is away for the whole month.

.

He had a faraway look about him.

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This word is part of lesson 52.