spontané

Learned borrowing from Late Latin spontāneus.

• IPA^(key): /spɔ̃.ta.ne/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: spontanée, spontanées, spontanés

spontané (feminine spontanée, masculine plural spontanés, feminine plural spontanées)

1. spontaneous, self-generated (happening without any apparent external cause)

   génération spontanée ― spontaneous generation

2. spontaneous, natural, unforced

• spontanéité
• spontanément

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