"comparaison" meaning in French

See comparaison in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.zɔ̃/, /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.zɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-comparaison.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-comparaison.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-comparaison.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-comparaison.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: comparaisons [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French comparaison. By surface analysis, comparer + -aison. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:comparaison|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "comparaison", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="comparaison">, {{inh|fr|frm|comparaison}} Middle French comparaison, {{surf|fr|comparer|-aison}} By surface analysis, comparer + -aison, {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:comparaison|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin pār Latin compār Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin comparō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin comparātiōnemlbor. Old French comparison Middle French comparaison French comparaison Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} comparaison f (plural comparaisons)
  1. comparison Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-comparaison-fr-noun-wnHyu5MY Categories (other): French entries with etymology trees, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of French entries with etymology trees: 75 25 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 41 59 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 47 53
  2. simile (figure of speech) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-comparaison-fr-noun-GuIY9WpN Categories (other): French entries with etymon, French terms suffixed with -aison, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Figures of speech Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 41 59 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -aison: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 15 85 Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 3 97

Inflected forms

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