circonspection
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumspectiōnem (“looking around, circumspection”), from circumspiciō (“to look around”). By surface analysis, circonspect + -tion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
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Noun
circonspection f (plural circonspections)
- circumspection (attention to all the facts and circumstances)
Further reading
- “circonspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.