Polyglot Dictionary

pitié

/pitje/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. pity

    • Il a eu pitié du mendiant.

      He took pity on the beggar.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

lástima

lástima is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pity."

Practice

1 What does pitié mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il a eu ___ du mendiant.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches pitié?

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