épreuve
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]épreuve f (plural épreuves)
- test
- ordeal, trial
- 2014, Indila, Comme un bateau:
- Maman dit que malgré les épreuves il faut continuer à sourire.
- Mum says that, despite life's challenges, you have to keep smiling.
- (sports) event, heat
- (typography, coinage) proof
- (photography) print
- (film, television, in the plural) rushes
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “épreuve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.