French word

immensité

Pronunciation

IPA/imɑ̃site/

Meaning

  • feminine nounvastness

Example

Il contemple l'immensité du désert.

He gazes at the vastness of the desert.

Illustration for immensité (vastness)

More examples

Nous sommes petits devant l'immensité du monde.

We are small in the face of the vastness of the world.

Core concept

A boundless expanse whose size resists ordinary measurement.

Common phrases

  • face à l'immensité du ciel

    in the face of the vastness of the sky

  • l'immensité de la nature

    the vastness of nature

Similar words

étendue: The size or range covered by something.
ampleur: The scale or magnitude of something.

Definition in French

Grandeur ou étendue tellement grande qu'on ne peut pas l'évaluer facilement, matérielle ou abstraite.

Word origin

French immensité comes from Latin immensitas, based on immensus, meaning "immeasurable" from in- and mensus, "measured."

Usage tips

  • Immensité is feminine, so the forms are une immensité and l'immensité.

Opposites

Related words

  • immenseimmenseadjective
  • immensurableimmeasurableadjective

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