"aplomb" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /a.plɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-aplomb.ogg Forms: aplombs [plural]
Etymology: From fil à plomb (“plumb line”). Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} aplomb m (plural aplombs)
  1. vertical line, as measured with a plumb line Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-aplomb-fr-noun-9jYUaG0G Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 7 9 20 45 3 3 3 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 10 20 51 2 2 2 10 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 84 11 5
  2. (by extension) stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-aplomb-fr-noun-EomA3Bbb
  3. (figurative) aplomb, self-confidence Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-aplomb-fr-noun-rBJWLxWJ

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "aplom",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: aplom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: aplom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "aplombo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: aplombo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: aplombo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "апломб",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: апломб (aplomb)\n→ Georgian: აპლომბი (aṗlombi)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: апломб (aplomb)\n→ Georgian: აპლომბი (aṗlombi)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fil à plomb (“plumb line”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aplombs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "aplomb m (plural aplombs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 20 45 3 3 3 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 10 20 51 2 2 2 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To take well the plumb-line.",
          "text": "Bien prendre l’aplomb.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vertical line, as measured with a plumb line"
      ],
      "id": "en-aplomb-fr-noun-9jYUaG0G",
      "links": [
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ],
        [
          "plumb line",
          "plumb line"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This wall holds its plumb / has lost its plumb.",
          "text": "Ce mur tient bien son aplomb, a perdu son aplomb.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb"
      ],
      "id": "en-aplomb-fr-noun-EomA3Bbb",
      "links": [
        [
          "stability",
          "stability"
        ],
        [
          "equilibrium",
          "equilibrium"
        ],
        [
          "uprightness",
          "uprightness"
        ],
        [
          "plumb",
          "plumb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "aplomb, self-confidence"
      ],
      "id": "en-aplomb-fr-noun-rBJWLxWJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "aplomb",
          "aplomb#English"
        ],
        [
          "self-confidence",
          "self-confidence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) aplomb, self-confidence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.plɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-aplomb.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/Fr-aplomb.ogg/Fr-aplomb.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Fr-aplomb.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aplomb"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "aplom",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: aplom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: aplom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "aplombo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: aplombo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: aplombo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "aplomb",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: aplomb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: aplomb"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "апломб",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: апломб (aplomb)\n→ Georgian: აპლომბი (aṗlombi)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: апломб (aplomb)\n→ Georgian: აპლომბი (aṗlombi)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fil à plomb (“plumb line”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aplombs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "aplomb m (plural aplombs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "To take well the plumb-line.",
          "text": "Bien prendre l’aplomb.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vertical line, as measured with a plumb line"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ],
        [
          "plumb line",
          "plumb line"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This wall holds its plumb / has lost its plumb.",
          "text": "Ce mur tient bien son aplomb, a perdu son aplomb.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stability",
          "stability"
        ],
        [
          "equilibrium",
          "equilibrium"
        ],
        [
          "uprightness",
          "uprightness"
        ],
        [
          "plumb",
          "plumb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "aplomb, self-confidence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aplomb",
          "aplomb#English"
        ],
        [
          "self-confidence",
          "self-confidence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) aplomb, self-confidence"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.plɔ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-aplomb.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/Fr-aplomb.ogg/Fr-aplomb.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Fr-aplomb.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aplomb"
}

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