/ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
Translation
independent
Word origin
From in- ('not') plus dépendant, the present participle of dépendre ('to depend'), from Latin dependere. Independent shares the same Latin root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- dependere
- English cognates
- dependent, independent
Grammar
Examples
' .
My brother has been very independent since he got his own flat.
financièrement .
She has always wanted to be financially independent.
1960.
This country became independent in 1960.
Indépendant agrees like any regular adjective: indépendante, indépendants, indépendantes. Don't confuse indépendant de ("independent of") with the adverb indépendamment de ("regardless of") - the two overlap in English but are different words in French.
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