esperance
See also: espérance and esperancé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance).
Noun
esperance (plural esperances)
- (obsolete) Expectation, hope.
- circa 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene II
- Sith yet there is a credence in my heart,
- An esperance so obstinately strong,
- That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears
- circa 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene II
Anagrams
- præsence
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French esperance.
Noun
esperance f (plural esperances)
- hope
Synonyms
- espoir
Descendants
- → English: esperance
- French: espérance
Old French
Alternative forms
- esperaunce
- sperance
Etymology
esperer + -ance, possibly corresponding to Vulgar Latin spērāntia, from Latin spērāns.
Noun
esperance f (oblique plural esperances, nominative singular esperance, nominative plural esperances)
- hope
Synonyms
- espoir
Descendants
- Middle French: esperance
- French: espérance
Spanish
Verb
esperance
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of esperanzar.