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la

feminine

/sjɑ̃s/

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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

Genderfeminine
Pluralsciences

Examples

cette .

Science does not yet answer that question.

l'.

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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This word is part of lesson 31.