expérience
See also: experience
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin experientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.spe.ʁjɑ̃s/
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Noun
expérience f (plural expériences)
- (countable) experiment, trial, test
- Near-synonym: expérimentation
- expérience de pensée ― thought experiment
- (countable) experience (something one goes through)
- expérience de mort imminente ― near-death experience
- faire l'expérience de quelque chose ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (uncountable) experience, knowledge and skills
- point d'expérience ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- L'expérience est souvent un critère important pour l'embauche. ― Experience is often an important criteria when job hunting.
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Haitian Creole: eksperyans
- → Turkish: eksperyans
Further reading
- “expérience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.