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)

  1. (countable) experiment, trial, test
    Near-synonym: expérimentation
    expérience de penséethought experiment
  2. (countable) experience (something one goes through)
    expérience de mort imminentenear-death experience
    faire l'expérience de quelque chose(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (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

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: eksperyans
  • Turkish: eksperyans

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