acquêt
French
Etymology
From Middle French acquest, from Old French aquest, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *acquestum, *acquaesitum (cf. Medieval Latin acquīsītum) from *acquaerō (from Latin acquirō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kɛ/
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Noun
acquêt m (plural acquêts)
- acquisition
- profit; financial gain
- community property (goods obtained by the spouses during a marriage which become the property of both)
Further reading
- “acquêt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.