pen|sée

pen|sée
pen|sée «pahn SAY», noun, plural pen|sées «pahn SAY».
French. a thought or reflection put in literary form: »

He expressed this knowledge in a typical Churchillian pensée, under date of April 8, 1945 (Atlantic).


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  • sée — arrière pen·sée; chaus·sée; fleur de li·sée; pen·sée; rez de chaus·sée; fri·sée; pas·sée; ret·rous·sée; …   English syllables

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