What does rareté in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word rareté in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rareté in French.

The word rareté in French means rarity, rare object, unusual object, oddity, rarity, scarcity, infrequence, atypical, unusual. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rareté

rarity

nom féminin (en peu d'exemplaires) (formal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce papillon est d'une grande rareté.
This butterfly is of great rarity.

rare object, unusual object, oddity

nom féminin (objet étrange)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans ce coffre au grenier, on trouve des bibelots étranges, des raretés.
In the trunk in the attic, we found strange ornaments, rare objects.

rarity, scarcity, infrequence

nom féminin (peu fréquent)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sa mère se plaint de la rareté de ses visites.
His mother complained of the scarcity of his visits.

atypical, unusual

nom féminin (littéraire (peu commun)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
C'est la rareté du vocabulaire de ce poète qui en fait la richesse.
It is the poet's atypical vocabulary that lends richness to his work.

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