évidence

See also: evidence and evidencë

French

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Latin evidens
    Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)bor.
    Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)bor.
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
    Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
    Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
    Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)
    Ancient Greek -υς (-us)
    Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
    Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)
    Ancient Greek -εια (-eia)bor.
    Latin -ia
    Latin evidentialbor.
    French évidence

    Learned borrowing from Latin ēvidentia. A false friend of evidence, which is better translated as preuve.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /e.vi.dɑ̃s/
    • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

    Noun

    évidence f (plural évidences)

    1. obviousness, clearness
      Il faut se rendre à l'évidence.
      We must face the facts.
      C'est l'évidence même.
      It is completely obvious.
      Si vous êtes venu uniquement pour expliquer des évidences comme celles-là, vous feriez tout aussi bien de repartir.
      If you came just to state the obvious like this, you would do just as well to go home.

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