besoin

1. (masculine) need
2. (masculine) want (state of being in need)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bə.zwɛ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: -

Inherited from Old French: besoing

Inherited from Old French: besonge

Cognate with Italian: bisogno

In summary

Inherited from Middle French, Old French besoing; can be seen as a masculine variant of besogne, from Old French besonge, from Old Frankish *bisunnija, from *sunnijōn (“to look after”) (whence soigner), possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *bisonium. Compare Italian bisogno.

Concepts

need

necessity

want

requirement

demand

be needy

desideratum

be in need

misuse

motive

necessary

obligation

occasion

occupation

pauperism

pauperization

penury

person

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preoccupation

require

requisite

trial

use

wish

motivation

poverty

waste

job requirement

necessitude

burden

modal case

desire

drive

essential

indigence

indispensable

lack

miss

Synonyms

nécessité

exigence

demande

requérir

desideratum

avoir besoin de

condition

désir

prescription

occupation

desiderata

nécessiter

paupérisme

pauvreté

peine

personnage

personne

🧑‍🦱

préoccupation

problème

souci

souffrir

travailleur

usage

utilisation

utiliser

vouloir

besogne

condition requise

motivation

affaire

désidérata

casse-tête

consommation

course

demander

emploi

employer

manque

manquer

motif

nécessaire

Translations

necesidad

Bedürfnis

necessidade

bisogno

necessitat

ανάγκη

Bedarf

potrzeba

necessità

ihtiyaç

esigenza

behoefte

requisito

حاجة

Not

Sentences

Nous avons besoin d’éclaircissements sur ces différents points .

We need clarification on these different points.

Je marche sans fatigue , je m’arrête sans avoir besoin de repos !

I walk without fatigue, I stop without needing rest!

Il n'y aura donc plus besoin de les reconfigurer après chaque redémarrage .

There will therefore be no need to reconfigure them after each restart.

Les valeurs des champs induits n'ont quant à eux jamais besoin d'être transmises .

The values of the induced fields never need to be transmitted.