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esperance

/ˈɛspəɹəns/

esperance noun: expectation, hope.

Noun

esperance (plural esperances)

  1. (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
    • Sith yet there is a credence in my heart,
      An esperance so obstinately strong,
      That doth invert the attest of eyes and earsc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Proper noun capitalized: Esperance

Esperance

  1. A town, port, and local government area (the Shire of Esperance) in the south of Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
  2. A town and village in Schoharie County, New York, United States.
  3. A census-designated place and enclave of Edmonds, Snohomish County, Washington, United States.

esperance meaning in Tamil and Bengali

esperance in Tamil

நம்பிக்கை

esperance in Bengali

প্রত্যাশা, আশা

Forms of esperance

pluralesperances

Origin of esperance

Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”).

Words formed from esperance

Questions about esperance

What does esperance mean?
Esperance means expectation, hope.
What is esperance in Tamil?
Esperance in Tamil is நம்பிக்கை. See Esperance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is esperance?
Esperance can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce esperance?
Esperance is pronounced /ˈɛspəɹəns/.
What is the plural of esperance?
The plural of esperance is esperances.

Words near esperance in the dictionary

  1. Espelette peppers
  2. esper
  3. Espera
  4. esperamicin
  5. esperamicins
  6. esperance
  7. esperances
  8. Esperandieu
  9. Esperandieus
  10. Esperantic
  11. Esperantido

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Adapted from Wiktionary: esperance (page history and authors); Esperance (page history and authors); esperance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); esperance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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