thèse

French

noun
Definitions
  • thesis, essay, dissertation
  • supposition, theory
  • argument, thesis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thesis (thesis, proposition, lowering of the voice) derived from Ancient Greek θέσις (a proposition, a statement, thesis in prosody, thesis in rhetoric, a thing laid down, arrangement, proposition, setting, placement).

Origin

Ancient Greek

θέσις

Gloss

a proposition, a statement, thesis in prosody, thesis in rhetoric, a thing laid down, arrangement, proposition, setting, placement

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