carence
See also: carencé
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁɑ̃s/
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin carentia, from Latin careō (“to lack”).
Noun
carence f (plural carences)
- deficiency, lack, insufficiency
- une carence en fer ― an iron deficiency
- gap
Derived terms
- carencer
- carentiel
Verb
carence
- inflection of carencer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “carence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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