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Dictionary: "méprise" - translations and examples

la méprise f noun

pl. méprises

mistake [mɪsˈteɪk] (erreur)

mépriser verb Conjugation

méprise / méprisai / méprisé

despise [dɪsˈpaɪz] (dédaigner)

Il ne faut pas mépriser un homme à cause de sa pauvreté.

You must not despise someone because they are poor.

slight [slaɪt] (commentaire)

scoff at (moquerie)

condescend to (conduite)

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se méprendre verb

be wrong (se tromper)

Collocations with "méprise" (1)

par méprise

Exemples with "méprise"

Elle méprise les gens qui mentent. She despises people who lie.

Ne méprise pas les autres. Don't look down on others.

Ne méprise pas un homme parce qu'il est pauvre. Don't despise a man because he is poor.

Il méprise le cadeau le plus raffiné que Dieu a fait à l'homme : le don de la raison. He despises the choicest gift of God to man, the gift of reason.

Il méprisait ceux qui vivent des allocations. He despised those who lived on welfare.

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