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traitement

treatment

noun treh-tuh-MAHN Less Common

Also means

processing; salary

Usage Note

Traitement covers medical treatment (traitement médical), data processing (traitement des données), and in formal registers, salary (toucher son traitement = 'to receive one's pay'). The verb traiter means 'to treat' or 'to process'. Mauvais traitements means 'mistreatment' or 'abuse'.

Examples

"Ce traitement dure trois semaines."

Natural Translation

This treatment lasts three weeks.

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