"imperfection" meaning in Français

See imperfection in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ɛ̃.pɛʁ.fɛk.sjɔ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-imperfection.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-imperfection.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-imperfection.wav Forms: imperfections [plural]
  1. État de ce qui n’est pas parfait, achevé.
    Sense id: fr-imperfection-fr-noun-OBYFVEat Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. État d’une personne ou d’une chose qui n’est pas parfaite.
    Sense id: fr-imperfection-fr-noun-Dgr3cFK0 Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: atélophobie Translations: Fehler (Allemand), imperfection (Anglais), imperfecció (Catalan), imperfección (Espagnol), imperfección (Galicien), neperfekteso (Ido), imperfezione (Italien), mekotunuca (Kotava), imperfectio (Latin), imperfeccion (Occitan), несовершенство (nesoveršénstv) [neuter] (Russe), simidodo (Solrésol), s'imidodo (Solrésol), ofullkomlighet (Suédois)

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Fehler"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "imperfection"
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      "word": "imperfección"
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      "word": "imperfección"
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      "word": "neperfekteso"
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      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "imperfezione"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kotava",
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      "word": "mekotunuca"
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      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "imperfectio"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "imperfeccion"
    },
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      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "nesoveršénstv",
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "simidodo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Solrésol",
      "lang_code": "solrésol",
      "word": "s'imidodo"
    },
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      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
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      "word": "imperfection"
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      "word": "imperfección"
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      "word": "imperfección"
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      "word": "imperfezione"
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