clé
Meaning
- key (device for unlocking)
- key (essential attribute)
- wrench, spanner
- USB stick
- key
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Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kle/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French clef, from Old French clef, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. According to Bescherelle, the spelling clé had replaced clef by 1845.
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Le traitement donne donc la clé 🔑 de l’obstination déraisonnable , d’où un avis favorable .
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The treatment therefore gives the key to unreasonable obstinacy, hence a favourable opinion.
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