ressource

• resurse

From French ressource, from Old French ressourdre, from Latin resurgere (“rise again”).

• IPA^(key): /rɛsursə/, [ʁɛˈsuɐ̯sə]

ressource c (singular definite ressourcen, plural indefinite ressourcer)

1. resource

Borrowed from French ressource.

• IPA^(key): /reːˈsuːrsə/

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• Hyphenation: res‧sour‧ce

ressource f (plural ressources)

1. (often in the plural) resource, means (of existence)

   Synonym: hulpmiddel

2. a way to turn the course of the game, notably in chess

   Synonym: uitweg

3. (in the plural) possibilities, capabilities

   Synonyms: mogelijkheid, capaciteit

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “ressource”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

From Latin resurgere (“to rise again, resurface”), itself from re- (“again”) +‎ surgere (“to rise”), from sub- (“under”) +‎ regere (“to direct”).

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.suʁs/

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ressource f (plural ressources)

1. resource

• → Danish: resurse, ressource
• → Dutch: ressource
• → German: Ressource
• → Italian: risorsa
• → Romanian: resursă
• → Sicilian: risursa

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