espérance
French
editEtymology
editFrom espérer + -ance (Middle French and Old French esperance), or possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Italian speranza, Spanish esperanza, Catalan esperança.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Homophone: espérances
- Hyphenation: es‧pé‧rance
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
editespérance f (plural espérances)
- hope
- Synonym: espoir
- Antonym: désespérance
- 2021 January 22, Denise Bombardier, “Comment déradicaliser 40 millions d'Américains [How to deradicalize 40 million Americans]”, in Le Journal de Québec:
- Le président Biden est un homme de foi, donc d’espérance. Il fut beaucoup question de Dieu lors de la cérémonie au Capitole mercredi. C’est là une différence fondamentale entre les Américains et nous. Mais si l’espérance est une vertu chrétienne, l’espoir est un sentiment humain.
- President Biden is a man of faith, and therefore of hope. Much was made of God during the ceremony at the Capitol on Wednesday. Here lies a fundamental difference between the Americans and us. But if hope [in a cosmic sense] is a Christian virtue, hope [of a better tomorrow] is a human emotion.
- (probability theory) expected value
Usage notes
edit- espérance has a more spiritual, religious, or cosmic connotation than its near-synonym espoir. See e.g. the quotation above.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “espérance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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