"besoin" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /bə.zwɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-besoin.ogg Forms: besoins [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French, Old French besoing; can be seen as a masculine variant of besogne, from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnija, from *sunnijōn (“to look after”) (whence soigner), possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *bisonium. Compare Italian bisogno. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French, {{inh+|fr|frm|-}} Inherited from Middle French, {{inh|fr|fro|besoing}} Old French besoing, {{inh|fr|fro|besonge}} Old French besonge, {{der|fr|frk|*bisunnju|*bisunnija}} Frankish *bisunnija, {{inh|fr|VL.|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{cog|it|bisogno}} Italian bisogno Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} besoin m (plural besoins)
  1. need Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-besoin-fr-noun-vo3~ALDU
  2. want (state of being in need) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-besoin-fr-noun-R8EmSk8N Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: au besoin, avoir besoin de, dans le besoin, faire ses besoins, si besoin est, s'il est besoin Related terms: besogneux

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faire ses besoins"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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    },
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    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "besogneux"
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    }
  ],
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}

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