"espérance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/ Audio: Fr-Paris--espérance.ogg Forms: espérances [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Etymology: From 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. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|espérer|-ance}} espérer + -ance, {{inh|fr|frm|-}} Middle French, {{inh|fr|fro|esperance}} Old French esperance, {{inh|fr|VL.|spērantia}} Vulgar Latin spērantia, {{inh|fr|la|spērāns}} Latin spērāns, {{cog|it|speranza}} Italian speranza, {{cog|es|esperanza}} Spanish esperanza, {{cog|ca|esperança}} Catalan esperança Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} espérance f (plural espérances)
  1. hope Tags: feminine Synonyms: espoir
    Sense id: en-espérance-fr-noun-wpJ39V-z
  2. (probability theory) expected value Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Probability theory
    Sense id: en-espérance-fr-noun-~0~VMg9u Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ance, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ance: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: espérance de vie

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021 January 22, Denise Bombardier, “Comment déradicaliser 40 millions d'Américains [How to deradicalize 40 million Americans]”, in Le Journal de Québec:",
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          "ref": "2021 January 22, Denise Bombardier, “Comment déradicaliser 40 millions d'Américains [How to deradicalize 40 million Americans]”, in Le Journal de Québec:",
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