French Conversation · Level 3
88 words
French word
concept
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔ̃sɛpt/
Meaning
- masculine nounconcept
Example
Ce concept est simple.
This concept is simple.
More examples
Le concept doit être appliqué pour être utile.
The concept must be applied to be useful.
Core concept
A thought-unit that lets the mind treat several similar things as one.
Common phrases
expliquer le concept
explain the concept
mettre en pratique le concept
put the concept into practice
la portée du concept
the scope of the concept
Similar words
idée: A thought put into clear, simple words to convey it to others.
Definition in French
Une construction mentale qui synthétise des propriétés communes pour former une unité de pensée.
Word origin
Latin conceptus, the source of French concept, is the past participle of concipere, a verb built from con- meaning together and capere meaning take.
Usage tips
- In French, concept has a nasal first vowel and a pronounced final t, giving it roughly the sound /kɔ̃.sɛpt/.
Other meanings
- ideanoun
Opposites
- applicationapplicationnoun
- réalisationrealizationnoun
Related words
- conceptualisationconceptualizationnoun
- conceptionconceptionnoun