grâce

See also: grace, Grace, Grâce, Graces, and GRACE

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French grace, from an early borrowing from Latin grātia,[1][2] from grātus (“as a favour”). The lengthening of the vowel, which is indicated with the circumflex, is irregular.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁas/ ~ /ɡʁɑs/
  • Audio; “grâce à”:(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Homophones: grasse, grasses
  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

grâce f (plural grâces)

  1. grace, charm
  2. favour
  3. mercy

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “grâce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ “Notes on the Development of -kj-, -tj- in Spanish and Portuguese”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 6 February 2012 (last accessed), archived from the original on 7 February 2012

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