condition sine qua non

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sine quā nōn (“without which it is not possible”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃ si.ne kwa nɔn/

Noun

condition sine qua non f (plural conditions sine qua non)

a sine qua non, an indispensable condition
Near-synonym: condition nécessaire

Further reading

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

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