sève

From Old French seve, from Latin sapa.

• IPA^(key): /sɛv/

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sève f (plural sèves)

1. (botany) sap
2. (figuratively) sap, vital essence, life
   • 1995, “Qu’est-ce qu’on attend ?”, in Paris sous les bombes, performed by Suprême NTM:

     De toute une jeunesse, vous avez brûlé les ailes / Brisé les rêves, tari la sève de l'espérance

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• → Galician: seiva
• → Portuguese: seiva
  • → Spanish: savia (or from Galician)

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

From Old French seve, from Latin sapa.

sève f (plural sèves)

1. (Jersey, botany) sap