circonspection

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumspectiō (“looking around, circumspection”), from circumspiciō (“to look around”). Synchronically analysable as circonspect +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

circonspection f (plural circonspections)

circumspection (attention to all the facts and circumstances)

Further reading

“circonspection” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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