assentiment
French
Etymology
From assentir (“to assent”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃/
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Noun
assentiment m (plural assentiments)
- consent; approval
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
- Elle remua la tête en signe d'assentiment; puis, un quart d'heure après: […] .
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Further reading
- “assentiment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012