fin de non-recevoir

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛ̃ də nɔ̃.ʁə.sə.vwaʁ/
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Noun

fin de non-recevoir f (plural fins de non-recevoir)

(law) inadmissibility
(figuratively) downright refusal
Synonym: refus catégorique

opposer une fin de non-recevoir à quelque chose ― to turn something down flat, to refuse something

See also

Further reading

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

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