infirmité
French
Etymology
From Middle French infirmité, borrowed from Latin infirmitās. Synchronically analysable as infirme + -ité. See also fermeté, and the Old French forms anfermeté, enferté, which were subsequently learnedly modified to be closer to the Latin form.
Pronunciation
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Noun
infirmité f (plural infirmités)
- disability, impairment
- infirmity
Derived terms
- infirmité motrice cérébrale
Further reading
- “infirmité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infirmitas.
Noun
infirmité f (plural infirmitez)
- infirmity; disease or other medical condition
Descendants
- French: infirmité