l'unité
feminine
/y.ni.te/
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Translation
unit; unity
Word origin
From Latin unitas ('oneness'), from unus ('one'). The same root gives English 'unit' and 'unity'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- unitas
- English cognates
- unit, unity
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralunités
Examples
mètre longueur.
The metre is a unit of length measurement.
frontière.
This unit of soldiers leaves for the border tomorrow.
L' belle l'adversité.
The team showed real unity in the face of adversity.
vendue séparément.
Each unit of the product is sold separately.
l' nationale.
The speech called for national unity.
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