la

feminine

/pɑ̃.se/

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Translation

thought, thinking

Word origin

The feminine past participle of penser ('to think'), used as a noun. Penser comes from Latin pensare ('to weigh, to consider carefully'), a frequentative of pendere ('to weigh'). English 'pensive' was borrowed from the same French verb.

Origin: Latin
Root: pensare
English cognates: pensive, pension, pendant

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralpensées

Examples

Cette l' .

This thought has been crossing my mind since this morning.

au .

He spared a thought for his friends who had stayed in the village.

grecque façonné philosophie occidentale.

Greek thought shaped the whole of Western philosophy.

' .

I do not dare say what I really think.

, .

Lost in thought, she missed her stop.

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This word is part of lesson 25.