esperance

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛspəɹəns/ === Noun === esperance (plural esperances) (obsolete) Expectation, hope. === Anagrams === præsence == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French esperance. === Noun === esperance f (plural esperances) hope ==== Synonyms ==== espoir ==== Descendants ==== → English: esperance French: espérance == Old French == === Alternative forms === esperaunce sperance === Etymology === esperer +‎ -ance, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērāntia, from Latin spērāns. === Noun === esperance oblique singular, f (oblique plural esperances, nominative singular esperance, nominative plural esperances) hope ==== Synonyms ==== espoir ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: esperance French: espérance == Spanish == === Verb === esperance inflection of esperanzar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative