"inconvénient" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.kɔ̃.ve.njɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-inconvénient.ogg Forms: inconvénients [plural]
Etymology: From in- + convénient, or from Middle French inconvenient, borrowed from Latin inconvenientem. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|in-|convénient}} in- + convénient, {{inh|fr|frm|inconvenient}} Middle French inconvenient, {{bor|fr|la|inconveniens|inconvenientem}} Latin inconvenientem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} inconvénient m (plural inconvénients)
  1. inconvenience Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-inconvénient-fr-noun-~XIj9ZvR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with in-: 57 43
  2. drawback, disadvantage Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-inconvénient-fr-noun-KkorVMM-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: inconvenant

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inconvénient meaning in French (1.8kB)

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