l'

feminine

/ɑt/

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Translation

haste, hurry

Word origin

From Old French haste, borrowed from Frankish haifst ('violence, vehemence'). The circumflex marks a lost s, which English kept in 'haste', taken from the same Old French word.

Origin: Frankish
Root: haifst
English cognates: haste, hasty

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralhâtes

Examples

J' .

I am looking forward to seeing you again.

She packed her bags in a hurry.

' .

The children cannot wait to open their presents.

rédigé .

The report was written far too hastily.

We were impatient for the meeting to end.

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This word is part of lesson 32.