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pensée

pensée noun: a thought.

Noun

pensée (plural pensées)

  1. A thought.
    • Words come after words with little punctuation, and because the lines are short our eyes fall down the page, scanning, shifting, making sense of each as it follows or comes upon the next. Yet, rather than a rush of feelings, the lines are pensees: a flow that incites intellectually, not viscerally.1980 December 13, Michael Bronski, “A Longing For Passion To Transcend Thought”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12

Forms of pensée

pluralpensées

Origin of pensée

Borrowed from French pensée. Doublet of pansy.

Questions about pensée

What does pensée mean?
Pensée means a thought.
What part of speech is pensée?
Pensée is a noun.
What is the plural of pensée?
The plural of pensée is pensées.

Words near pensée in the dictionary

  1. penstyldensoviruses
  2. pensum
  3. pensums
  4. pensy
  5. Pensylvania
  6. pensée
  7. pensées
  8. pent
  9. pent roof
  10. pent roofs
  11. pent up

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