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/ʁepɔ̃s/
Translation
answer, reply, response
Word origin
From Latin responsum ('an answer'), the past participle of respondere ('to answer, to respond'), from re- ('back') and spondere ('to pledge').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- responsum
- English cognates
- response, respond, sponsor
Grammar
Examples
' .
I have not yet received a reply to my letter.
' surpris, ' .
His answer completely surprised me, I was not expecting that.
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The answer to your problem is simpler than you think.
' surpris .
His answer surprised me a lot last night.
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We are still waiting for a clear answer from management.
Reponse est un nom feminin designant ce qu'on dit ou ecrit en reaction a une question ou a une sollicitation. Donner une reponse / apporter une reponse (to give / provide an answer) et attendre une reponse (to wait for an answer) sont les constructions les plus courantes.
Reponse de Normand (a non-committal answer, a Norman reply) est une expression designant une reponse evasive. En reponse a (in response to) est une locution prepositionnelle formelle. Sans reponse (unanswered) decrit une lettre, email ou question qui n'a pas eu de suite.
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