soutenance
French
Etymology
From soutenir + -ance, cf. the present participle soutenant. Present in Old French as sustenance. Cf. also Late and Medieval Latin sustinentia (“support; endurance”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Further reading
- “soutenance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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