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le

masculine

/tɛkst/

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Translation

text, wording; script

Word origin

From Latin textus ('something woven, the texture of a piece of writing'), from texere ('to weave'). A text is literally words woven together.

Origin
Latin
Root
texere
English cognates
text, textile, texture

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraltextes

Examples

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The text is too long for one page.

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She learned her lines by heart.

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Legal texts are hard to read.

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This wording needs changing before tomorrow.

datent .

These texts date from the last century.

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This word is part of lesson 51.