"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 , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-comparaison.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-comparaison.wav Forms: comparaisons [plural]
Etymology: An early borrowing of Latin comparātiōnem. By surface analysis, comparer + -aison. Unrelated to comparaître (“to appear”). Etymology templates: {{bor|fr|la|comparatio|comparātiōnem}} Latin comparātiōnem, {{surf|fr|comparer|-aison}} By surface analysis, comparer + -aison 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 incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. simile (figure of speech) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-comparaison-fr-noun-GuIY9WpN Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -aison, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Figures of speech Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -aison: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Figures of speech: 3 97

Inflected forms

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