"suspense" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /sys.pɑ̃s/ Forms: suspenses [plural]
Etymology: Nominalisation of the feminine form of suspens. Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} suspense f (plural suspenses)
  1. suspense (state of being suspended) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-suspense-fr-noun-L3lux0YO Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 23 1 1 1 1 1 3 12 1 1 1 22 15 1 6 10 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sys.pɛns/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-suspense.wav Forms: suspenses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English suspense, itself from Old French suspense. Doublet of suspens. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|suspense}} Borrowed from English suspense, {{der|fr|fro|suspense}} Old French suspense, {{doublet|fr|suspens}} Doublet of suspens Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} suspense m (plural suspenses)
  1. suspense (emotion; feeling) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-suspense-fr-noun-tJ39z0jw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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