French word

normalité

Pronunciation

IPA/nɔʁmalite/

Meaning

  • feminine nounnormalcy

Example

La normalité revient peu à peu.

Normalcy is gradually returning.

Illustration for normalité (normalcy)

More examples

Après l'épidémie, beaucoup espèrent retrouver la normalité.

After the epidemic, many hope to return to normal.

Core concept

A familiar baseline in which events follow their expected course without notable disruption.

Common phrases

  • rentrer dans la normalité

    return to normal

  • état de normalité

    state of normality

Similar words

routine: A fixed daily pattern of activities or the usual flow of life.
habitude: A familiar action or method that a person performs habitually.

Definition in French

État habituel, sans perturbation notable et conforme à ce qui est attendu dans une situation donnée.

Word origin

Normalité derives from French normal with the suffix -ité, while normal comes from Latin normalis, formed from norma, a rule or standard.

Usage tips

  • Normalité is a feminine noun, so the usual article is la; the related phrase "retour à la normale" uses the feminine adjective normale as a noun.

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