la
/sjɑ̃s/
Translation
science; knowledge
Word origin
From Latin scientia ('knowledge'), from sciens, the present participle of scire ('to know'). The older French sense was simply knowledge or learning, narrowing to the modern one only later.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- scientia
- English cognates
- science, conscience, omniscient
Grammar
Examples
cette .
Science does not yet answer that question.
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My son wants to study science at university.
-fiction.
She mainly reads science fiction.
' , .
It is not an exact science, but it works.
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The advance of science has changed the way we live.
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