vanité

See also: vanite

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French vanité, from Old French, borrowed from Latin vānitātem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.ni.te/
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Noun

vanité f (plural vanités)

futility, pointlessness
vanity (excessive pride)
vanitas

Derived terms

hauteur de vanité

Related terms

vain

Further reading

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

Anagrams

enviât, native, veinât, venait

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin vānitas, vānitātem.

Noun

vanité f (uncountable)

vanity (excessive pride)

Descendants

French: vanité

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