promise

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. an oath or affirmation; a vow
2. A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
3. Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
4. A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
5. (obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised

Verb

1. To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
2. To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

Concepts

promesse

promettre

assurer

serment

parole

prédire

prévoir

vœu

engagement

espérance

garantir

vouer

augurer

présager

pronostiquer

jurer

s’engager à

accord

prédiction

présage

plein de promesses

point culminant

point fort

qui promet beaucoup

confier

fiancée

parole donnée

le

pacte

sacrifice

voeux

vaticiner

espoir

mot d’honneur

concevoir

contempler

envisager

imaginer

penser

réfléchir

se figurer

se représenter

Coupé comme

prom‧ise

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒmɪs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of promissus, past participle of prōmittō (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Old English ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).