"spectacle" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /spɛk.takl/ Audio: Fr-spectacle.ogg Forms: spectacles [plural]
Etymology: From Latin spectaculum, from spectare (“to look”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{der|fr|la|spectaculum}} Latin spectaculum, {{m|la|spectare|t=to look}} spectare (“to look”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} spectacle m (plural spectacles)
  1. a show, a spectacle, a performance, a concert Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-spectacle-fr-noun-CpCqfe2w
  2. a sight, a showing, a display Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-spectacle-fr-noun-hk~Vi2jD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: s’offrir en spectacle, se donner en spectacle

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for spectacle meaning in French (3.5kB)

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    "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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