Feminine

réponse

Meaning

  1. (feminine) response, answer, reply (a communication)
  2. (feminine) response, reaction (biological or organic process effected by an foreign agent)
  3. (feminine) retort, comeback

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁe.pɔ̃s/
Etymology

In summary

From the feminine of répons, or from Old French response, from respons (also the past participle of respondre), a semi-learned word from Latin respōnsum. Cf. the verb répondre.

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