circonspection

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin circumspectiōnem (“looking around, circumspection”), from circumspiciō (“to look around”). By surface analysis, circonspect +‎ -tion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === circonspection f (plural circonspections) circumspection (attention to all the facts and circumstances) === Further reading === “circonspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012