la
/pʁɔ.vɛ̃s/
Translation
province
Word origin
From Latin provincia, a territory administered by Rome outside Italy. The exact origin of provincia itself is debated, but it likely relates to vincere ('to conquer').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- provincia
- English cognates
- provincial
Grammar
Examples
divisée .
France is divided into several historic provinces.
.
She grew up in a quiet province in the south.
réputé .
This province's wine is renowned throughout the country.
, singular, does double duty. It names one administrative province, but French speakers also use it as a collective term for "everywhere in France that isn't Paris" - habiter en province means living outside the capital, with a faint (and often contested) implication of being quieter or less fashionable than the capital. That connotation doesn't carry over to the English word "province".
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