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immensité

immensity, vastness

noun ee-mahn-see-TEH Rare
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Usage Note

Immensité evokes an overwhelming sense of boundless space, often used of the sea, sky, or desert. It is an abstract noun with no plural in standard use. The related adjective immense and adverb immensément share the same root and register.

Examples

"L'immensité de l'océan les laissa sans voix."

Natural Translation

The immensity of the ocean left them speechless.

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