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feminine
ɛkskyz
#635 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
excuse; apology
Word origin
A deverbal noun from excuser, from Latin excusare ('to free from blame'), built on ex- ('out of') plus causa ('cause, charge'). English excuse comes from the same source, as do accuse and cause.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- excusare
- English cognates
- excuse, accuse, cause
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralexcuses
Examples
' bonne .
That is not a good excuse.
' .
He offered me his apologies.
bonne .
Find a good excuse not to go.
.
Your excuses are not enough for me this time.
invente .
He always invents an excuse not to come.
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