espérance

Meaning

  1. hope
  2. expected value

Concepts

hope

expectation

anticipation

expectancy

prospect

promise

life expectancy

forecast

prediction

go for

desire

trust

Bob Hope

Hope

Leslie Townes Hope

abeyance

esperance

point of view

hopes

wish

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
es‧pé‧rance
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s/
Etymology

From espérer + -ance (Middle French and Old French esperance), or possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Compare Italian speranza, Spanish esperanza, Catalan esperança.

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