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Translate absence from English to French

Summary

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absence:
- absence; défaut
Wiktionary:
- absence → absence, inattention, insuffisance, manque, privation
- absence → éloignement, absence

English

Detailed Translations for absence from English to French

absence:

absence [the ~] noun

the absence (non-attendance)
l'absence
- absence [la ~] noun
the absence (failing)
le défaut
- défaut [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for absence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
absence	absence; non-attendance	absenteeism; famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
défaut	absence; failing	blank; blunder; defect; deficiency; deficit; disability; error; failing; failure; fault; feebleness; flaw; gap; gas; handicap; hiatus; hoot; howler; immorality; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; insufficiency; lack; lacuna; machine defect; mistake; oversight; scream; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; sin; slip; vice; void; want; weakness
-	absence seizure
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	failure to attend

Related Words for "absence":

absences

Synonyms for "absence":

lack; deficiency; want
nonattendance
time interval; interval
petit mal epilepsy; epilepsy

Antonyms for "absence":

presence

Related Definitions for "absence":

failure to be present¹
the state of being absent¹
- he was surprised by the absence of any explanation¹
the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy¹
the time interval during which something or somebody is away¹

Wiktionary Translations for absence:

absence

noun

inattention to things present
- absence → absence
lack; deficiency; nonexistence
- absence → absence
state of being away
- absence → absence

absence

noun

Le fait d’être absent.
- absence → absence
défaut d’attention.
- inattention → inattention; absence of mind; absence; absentness
état de ce qui est insuffisant.
- insuffisance → shortfall; inadequacy; insufficiency; scarcity; absence; lack; shortage; shortcoming; deficiency; defect; flaw; gap; want
absence, défaut, fait de manquer.
- manque → absence; lack; shortage; shortcoming; deficiency; defect; flaw; gap; want
perte, absence, manque d’un bien, d’un avantage qu’on avait, ou qu’on devait, qu’on pouvait avoir.
- privation → deprivation; absence; lack; shortage; shortcoming; deficiency; defect; flaw; gap; want

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- éloignement → distancing; absence; distance

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• absence	→ absence	↔ afwezigheid — het afwezig zijn op een bepaald tijdstip en plaats
• absence	→ absence	↔ Abwesenheit — Der Zustand, dass man körperlich nicht zugegen ist
• absence	→ absence	↔ Absenz — schweizerisch, österreichisch, in Deutschland bildungssprachlich: Abwesenheit, Fehlen

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