Polyglot Dictionary

soupçon

/supsɔ̃/

le 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

Forms

plural
les soupçons

Meaning

  1. suspicion

    • Le policier avait des soupçons sur lui.

      The officer had suspicions about him.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

méfiance

Close synonyms for "distrust/wariness, suspicion."

Similar in other languages

German

Verdacht

Verdacht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "suspicion."

Spanish

recelo

recelo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "suspicion."

Spanish

sospecha

sospecha is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "suspicion."

Practice

1 What does soupçon mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le policier avait des ___ sur lui.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches soupçon?

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