rusticité
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rusticitās. By surface analysis, rustique + -ité.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁys.ti.si.te/
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Noun
rusticité f (plural rusticités)
- (of a person) crudeness, roughness, uncouthness
- (husbandry, agriculture) the ability to weather the elements
Further reading
- “rusticité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.