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10 Language-to-English Dictionariess'évanouir
Pronunciation / Transliteration: s-evanouir
"La brume matinale a commencé à s'évanouir."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To pass out of sight, memory, or existence; to fade away gradually like mist or smoke.
"The morning fog began to evanesce as the warm sunlight touched the valley." - 2
To lose intensity or dissipate little by little.
"Her hopes of winning the competition slowly evanesced as the final scores were announced."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb evanescere, composed of ex- (meaning "out" or "away") and vanescere (meaning "to vanish" or "grow empty"), which itself stems from vanus ("empty" or "vain"). It entered the English language in the early 19th century as a literary and scientific term used to describe things disappearing like vapor.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Evanesce" is said worldwide
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s'évanouir
Transliteration: s-evanouir
"La brume matinale a commencé à s'évanouir."
verschwinden
Transliteration: verschwinden
"Der morgendliche Nebel begann zu verschwinden."
evanescere
Transliteration: evanescere
"La nebbia mattutina cominciò a evanescere."
desvanecerse
Transliteration: desvanecerse
"La niebla matutina comenzó a desvanecerse."
evanescer
Transliteration: evanescer
"A névoa da manhã começou a evanescer."
गायब होना
Transliteration: gayab hona
"सुबह की धुंध गायब होने लगी।"
逐渐消失
Transliteration: zhújiàn xiāoshī
"晨雾开始逐渐消失。"
서서히 사라지다
Transliteration: seoseohi sarajida
"아침 안개가 서서히 사라지기 시작했다."
消え失せる
Transliteration: kiesuseru
"朝霧が消え失せ始めた。"
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