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Translate ostensible from English to French

Summary

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ostensible:
- prétendu; supposé; soi-disant; dit
Wiktionary:
- ostensible → apparent, ostensible
- ostensible → ostensible

English

Detailed Translations for ostensible from English to French

ostensible:

ostensible adj

ostensible (supposed; reputed; pretended)
prétendu; supposé; soi-disant; dit
- prétendu adj
- supposé adj
- soi-disant adj
- dit adj

Translation Matrix for ostensible:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	apparent; ostensive; seeming
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
dit	ostensible; pretended; reputed; supposed	alias; called; going by the name of; known as; mentioned; named; said; so-called; supposed
prétendu	ostensible; pretended; reputed; supposed	supposed
soi-disant	ostensible; pretended; reputed; supposed	pseudo; quasi; seeming; so-called; supposed
supposé	ostensible; pretended; reputed; supposed	bogus; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; mean; not genuine; sham; stingy; supposed

Synonyms for "ostensible":

apparent; seeming; superficial
ostensive; counterfeit; imitative

Related Definitions for "ostensible":

represented or appearing as such; pretended¹
- His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity¹
appearing as such but not necessarily so¹
- the ostensible truth of their theories¹

Wiktionary Translations for ostensible:

ostensible

adjective

Qui est visible, évident, manifeste.
- apparent → apparent; ostensible
Qui pouvoir être montrer, qui faire pour être montré.
- ostensible → ostensible

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• ostensible	→ ostensible	↔ ostensibel — zur Schau gestellt, auffällig, zum Vorzeigen

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