"espérance" meaning in French

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        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "spērantia"
      },
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        "3": "spērāns"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "speranza"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian speranza",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "esperanza"
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        "2": "esperança"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    "es‧pé‧rance"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "désespérance"
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        {
          "english": "President Biden is a man of faith, and therefore of hope. Much was made of God during the ceremony at the Capitol on Wednesday. Here lies a fundamental difference between the Americans and us. But if hope [in a cosmic sense] is a Christian virtue, hope [of a better tomorrow] is a human emotion.",
          "ref": "2021 January 22, Denise Bombardier, “Comment déradicaliser 40 millions d'Américains [How to deradicalize 40 million Americans]”, in Le Journal de Québec",
          "text": "Le président Biden est un homme de foi, donc d’espérance. Il fut beaucoup question de Dieu lors de la cérémonie au Capitole mercredi. C’est là une différence fondamentale entre les Américains et nous. Mais si l’espérance est une vertu chrétienne, l’espoir est un sentiment humain.",
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        }
      ],
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        "hope"
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          "word": "espoir"
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        "feminine"
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          "orig": "fr:Probability theory",
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            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms suffixed with -ance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expected value"
      ],
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        "(probability theory) expected value"
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      "ipa": "/ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "espérances"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑ̃s"
    },
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    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms suffixed with -ance",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s",
    "Rhymes:French/ɑ̃s/3 syllables"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian speranza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "esperanza"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish esperanza",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "esperança"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan esperança",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "President Biden is a man of faith, and therefore of hope. Much was made of God during the ceremony at the Capitol on Wednesday. Here lies a fundamental difference between the Americans and us. But if hope [in a cosmic sense] is a Christian virtue, hope [of a better tomorrow] is a human emotion.",
          "ref": "2021 January 22, Denise Bombardier, “Comment déradicaliser 40 millions d'Américains [How to deradicalize 40 million Americans]”, in Le Journal de Québec",
          "text": "Le président Biden est un homme de foi, donc d’espérance. Il fut beaucoup question de Dieu lors de la cérémonie au Capitole mercredi. C’est là une différence fondamentale entre les Américains et nous. Mais si l’espérance est une vertu chrétienne, l’espoir est un sentiment humain.",
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        }
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    },
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