🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

plausibilité

Pronunciation / Transliteration: plausibilité

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
plausibility/ˌplɔːzəˈbɪlɪti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a remis en question la plausibilité de cette théorie."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of seeming reasonable or probable.

    "The detective doubted the plausibility of the suspect's alibi."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'plausibilis' (deserving applause, plausible), from 'plaudere' (to applaud), shifting in modern usage to mean seeming reasonable or probable.

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