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instance.

urgent demand, insistence, plea

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s/

  1. urgent demand, insistence, plea

    feminine · in-plural · often

  2. authority, forum, agency, body

    feminine

  3. legal proceedings, prosecution process

    feminine

  4. instance

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstantia.

noun/ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s/

  1. instance

    feminine
Where this word comes from

A derivative of etymology 1, but reborrowed from English.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.