opprobre
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin opprobrium (“reproach”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.pʁɔbʁ/
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Noun
opprobre m (plural opprobres)
- opprobrium, infamy
- Synonyms: déshonneur, infamie
- jeter l’opprobre sur quelque chose ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2021 April 9, Benoît Floc'h, quoting Emmanuel Macron, “Pour éviter le couperet, l’ENA a tenté de se moderniser”, in Le Monde:
- Et, jeudi, le chef de l’Etat a tenu à préciser qu’« il ne s’agit ici en aucun cas de céder aux facilités du temps présent, de jeter l’opprobre sur cette école ».
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “opprobre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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