non-sens

== French == === Etymology === From English nonsense. === Pronunciation === === Noun === non-sens m (invariable) a situation or statement that is completely absurd or illogical a statement that is semantically, etymologically, or logically improper or contradictory (biology) nonsense, a type of damaged DNA sequence ==== Synonyms ==== (absurd statement): absurdité, bêtise (contradictory statement): contresens (rhetorics and translation) === Further reading === “non-sens”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012