🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

guérison

Pronunciation / Transliteration: geh-ree-zohn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Healing/ˈhiː.lɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le temps favorise la guérison des blessures."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of becoming sound or healthy again, either physically, mentally, or spiritually.

    "Yoga and meditation are powerful tools for emotional healing."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Tending to heal; therapeutic or restorative in nature.

    "She found the quiet walk in the woods to be deeply healing."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'hǣlan', meaning to cure, save, or make whole, which stems from the Proto-Germanic '*hailjaną' (to make whole). Over centuries, the term evolved from physical mending to encompass emotional and spiritual restoration.

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