substantifique moelle

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syp.stɑ̃.ti.fik mwal/
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Noun

substantifique moelle f (uncountable)

  1. (figuratively) the very substance, the true essence, the pith, the marrow, the crux of the matter, the heart of the matter, the core; the hidden meaning, the true meaning, the real meaning
    • 2016 July 6, “Mélisande transportée au pays de Freud et de Lewis Carroll”, in Le Monde‎:
      Elle a capté dans son chant la substantifique moelle du fredon debussyste.
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