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écart

gap, discrepancy

noun eh-KAR Less Common

Also means

distance, margin

Usage Note

Écart has a silent final 't'. Common phrases: à l'écart (aside, on the sidelines), faire le grand écart (to do the splits), and l'écart de salaire (the pay gap). In statistics, l'écart-type means standard deviation.

Examples

"L'écart entre les deux candidats est faible."

Natural Translation

The gap between the two candidates is small.

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