adresse.
direction
Meaning & usage
direction
prendre son adresse
address (the description or instructions to determine a geographic location)
address (location or instructions to location a piece of data)
entry (in a dictionary)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dīs- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós Proto-Italic *rektos Latin rēctus Latin dīrēctus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre Old French drecier Old French adrecierder. Old French adrece Middle French adresse French adresse Inherited from Middle French adresse, from Old French adrece, from Old French adrecier. Equivalent to a deverbal from adresser.
skill, adroitness
Where this word comes from
Related to etymology 1. Influenced by adroit. Equivalent to a deverbal from adresser.
address formal speech given before an audience
Where this word comes from
Semantic loan from English address (“speech (addressed to the king)”). Equivalent to a deverbal from adresser.
inflection of adresser: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of adresser: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
Semantic loan from English address (“speech (addressed to the king)”). Equivalent to a deverbal from adresser.
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