espoir
French
Etymology
Deverbal from espérer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛs.pwaʁ/
Audio (France): (file) Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) - Homophone: espoirs
Noun
espoir m (plural espoirs)
- (all senses) hope
Related terms
Further reading
- “espoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- espeir (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Noun
espoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural espoirs, nominative singular espoirs, nominative plural espoir)
- hope (wish; desire, usually for the future)