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charge.

load, burden

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃaʁʒ/

  1. load, burden

    feminine
    charge pesante

  2. cargo, freight

    feminine
    La charge de ce bateau est de cinquante tonneaux.

  3. responsibility, charge

    feminine
    J'ai la charge de vous dire que...

  4. charge

    feminine
    Ce fait constitue une charge très grave contre le prévenu.

  5. charge

    feminine
    une charge massive contre les positions allemandes

  6. caricature, comic exaggeration

    feminine

  7. charge

    feminine

  8. charge

    feminine

  9. costs, expenses

    feminine · in-plural
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French charge, from Old French charge, carge, equivalent to a deverbal from charger.

verb/ʃaʁʒ/

  1. inflection of charger: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of charger: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French charge, from Old French charge, carge, equivalent to a deverbal from charger.

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