Polyglot Dictionary

dédicace

/dedikas/

la noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
dédicaces

Meaning

  1. dedication, a personal inscription at the start of a book

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

In this sense, the inscription an author writes in a book (or the act of dedicating it to someone) — not personal devotion, which is dévouement.

Practice

1 What does dédicace mean?

2 Fill the gap: L'auteur a écrit une ___ touchante sur la première page.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches dédicace?

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