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aisance

ease

noun eh-ZAHNS Rare
Mind & Emotions Attitudes

Also means

affluence

Usage Note

Aisance has two distinct registers: it can mean ease or fluency in a skill (parler avec aisance — to speak with ease), and in older or formal usage it means financial comfort or affluence. The phrase être à l'aise (to feel comfortable) is more common in speech, while aisance itself is more literary.

Examples

"Elle parle allemand avec une grande aisance."

Natural Translation

She speaks German with great ease.

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