"perspective" meaning in French

See perspective in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɛʁ.spɛk.tiv/ Audio: Fr-perspective.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-perspective.wav
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin perspectīvus, from perspiciō Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|perspectīvus}} Learned borrowing from Latin perspectīvus Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} perspective
  1. feminine singular of perspectif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: perspectif
    Sense id: en-perspective-fr-adj-n-75V5qi

Noun

IPA: /pɛʁ.spɛk.tiv/ Audio: Fr-perspective.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-perspective.wav Forms: perspectives [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin perspectīvus, from perspiciō Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|perspectīvus}} Learned borrowing from Latin perspectīvus Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} perspective f (plural perspectives)
  1. perspective Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perspective-fr-noun-dEJUIRFl
  2. prospect Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-perspective-fr-noun-QFQvfmue Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 6 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: en perspective

Inflected forms

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