Feminine
Meaning

  1. (feminine) defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose)
  2. (feminine) defence
  3. (feminine) defence
  4. (feminine) prohibition (often on signs informing onlookers that an activity is forbidden)
  5. (feminine) fender
  6. (feminine) tusk (of animal)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.fɑ̃s/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa, from Latin dēfendō.

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