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care

lack, deficiency

noun KAR Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Usage Note

Care is a rare, literary synonym for manque (lack) or carence (deficiency). It appears mostly in older or formal texts and is unlikely to be encountered in everyday French. Learners should recognise it passively but use manque or absence in active speech; it has no connection to the English 'care'.

Examples

"On sent dans ses vers une care de tendresse."

Natural Translation

One senses in his verse a lack of tenderness.

Literal Translation

One senses in his verses a lack of tenderness.

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