austérité

French

Etymology

From Latin austēritātem.[1] By surface analysis, austère +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔs.te.ʁi.te/, /os.te.ʁi.te/ [1]
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Noun

austérité f (plural austérités)

  1. austerity, severity, rigidity
  2. destitution

References
  1. “austérité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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