What does obscurité in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word obscurité in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use obscurité in French.
The word obscurité in French means dark, darkness, obscurity, unintelligibility, obscurity, obscurity, in the dark, plunge into darkness. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word obscurité
dark, darknessnom féminin (absence de lumière) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Les chats voient dans l'obscurité. Cats can see in the dark. |
obscurity, unintelligibilitynom féminin (manque de clarté) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Beaucoup se plaignent de l'obscurité de ses discours. Many people complain about the unintelligibility of his speeches. |
obscuritynom féminin (situation médiocre) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il a toujours eu honte de l'obscurité de sa famille. He has always been ashamed of his family's insignificance. |
obscuritynom féminin (figuré (ignorance) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) On parle de l'obscurité des temps anciens et de l'obscurité du futur ! People speak of the obscurity of the distant past and the mystery of the future. |
in the darklocution adverbiale (sans lumière, dans le noir) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
plunge into darknesslocution verbale (assombrir) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") La coupure d'électricité a plongé la ville dans l'obscurité. |
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