bénédicité

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin benedīcite, a plural imperative of benedīcō (“to bless, to praise”) found as the first word of several grace prayers. Doublet of bénissez, second-person plural imperative of bénir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be.ne.di.si.te/ Rhymes: -e Hyphenation: bé‧né‧di‧ci‧té === Noun === bénédicité m (plural bénédicités) grace (short prayer before or after a meal) === Further reading === “bénédicité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012