🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Réponse

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.pɔ̃s

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Response/rɪˈspɒns/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Sa réponse à la question était claire."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A verbal or written answer.

    "Her response to the invitation was positive."
  2. 2

    An action or change in behavior as a result of a stimulus.

    "The patient's response to the treatment was encouraging."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'response' originates from the Latin 'respondere', meaning 'to answer' or 'to reply'. It evolved through Old French 'response' before entering Middle English in the 14th century, where it retained its meaning of a reply or reaction to a stimulus.

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