🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

préoccupation

Pronunciation / Transliteration: préoccupation

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Concern/kənˈsɜrn/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La pollution est une préoccupation majeure."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A matter that is of interest or importance to someone.

    "Environmental issues are a major concern for many people today."
As verb
  1. 1

    To relate to; to be about.

    "The report concerns the impact of climate change on agriculture."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'concern' originates from the Latin 'concernere', meaning 'to sift together'. It evolved through Old French 'concerner', reflecting a shift from a physical to a more abstract sense of involvement or interest in something.

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