essai

Definitions of essai
  1. noun
    informal words for any attempt or effort
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    tentative
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  2. noun
    an attempt to score in a game
    synonyms: shot
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    smash
    a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket
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    tentative
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  3. noun
    a tentative attempt
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    tentative
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  4. noun
    a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
    synonyms: effort
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    trafique
    an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit
    activité commerciale
    activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
    opération
    a business especially one run on a large scale
    affaire, commerce
    the volume of commercial activity
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    projet, tâche
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  5. noun
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
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    atteindre la base
    (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
    coup d'état
    an attempt to get something
    apport, contribution, part
    the part played by a person in bringing about a result
    shot
    an attempt to score in a game
    expérimentation, épreuve
    the act of testing something
    composition, épreuve
    the act of undergoing testing
    audition
    a test of the suitability of a performer
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    activité, occupation
    any specific behavior
  6. noun
    a usually brief attempt
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    tentative
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
  7. noun
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
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    compte rendu, rapport
    an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
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    document, écrit
    the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)
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