dépression

Learned borrowing from Latin dēpressiō.

• IPA^(key): /de.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ ~ /de.pʁe.sjɔ̃/

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dépression f (plural dépressions)

1. (geography) depression (area that is lower than its surroundings)
2. (meteorology) depression (area of low atmospheric pressure)

   Coordinate term: surpression

3. (psychology, psychiatry) depression (state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future)

   dépression nerveuse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (economics) depression (period of major economic contraction)

   Coordinate term: récession

   la Grande Dépression ― the Great Depression

• Not to be confused with dépressurisation.

• déprime
• dépressif

• “dépression”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• répondisse