extrême

See also: extreme, Extreme, and extremé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French extreme, extrême, borrowed from Latin extrēmus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛk.stʁɛm/
Audio (France) (file)
Homophone: extrêmes

Adjective

extrême (plural extrêmes)

extreme

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Turkish: ekstrem

Noun

extrême m (plural extrêmes)

extreme
d’un extrême à un autre ― from one extreme to another

Les extrêmes se touchent. ― Extremes meet.

En désespoir de cause, la population se tourne vers les extrêmes.
Out of desperation, the population is turning to [political] extremes.

Derived terms

à l’extrême

Further reading

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

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