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feminine

/ʁe.py.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

reputation

Word origin

From Latin reputatio ('a reckoning, a consideration'), from reputare ('to think over, to count up'), formed from re- and putare ('to reckon'). English 'reputation' comes from the same source.

Origin
Latin
Root
reputatio
English cognates
reputation, compute, dispute

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralréputations

Examples

.

That restaurant has an excellent reputation in the area.

bâti .

She built her reputation over twenty years of work.

.

A single mistake can destroy a reputation.

' .

He has a reputation for always turning up late.

cette .

This school's reputation goes beyond the region.

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This word is part of lesson 38.