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masculine

/sɛ̃p.tom/

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Translation

symptom

Word origin

From Late Latin symptoma, from Greek symptoma ('a chance happening, a mishap'), from syn ('together') and piptein ('to fall'). English 'symptom' comes from the same noun.

Origin: Greek
Root: symptoma
English cognates: symptom

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralsymptômes

Examples

Fever is the first symptom.

The symptoms cleared up in two days.

This symptom worries the doctor.

décrit au .

She describes her symptoms over the phone.

A symptom as rare as that is hard to explain.

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This word is part of lesson 58.