requête

Definitions of requête
  1. noun
    the verbal act of requesting
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    supplication
    earnest or urgent request
    prière
    reverent petition to a deity
    interrogation
    a request for information
    démagogie
    impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
    supplication
    a humble request for help from someone in authority
    sollicitation
    an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
    amours, demande
    a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
    bénédiction
    a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
    bénédicité, grâces
    a short prayer of thanks before a meal
    question
    an instance of questioning
    interrogation, interrogatoire
    formal systematic questioning
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    expression, formulation
    the use of language to perform some act
  2. noun
    earnest or urgent request
    synonyms: supplication
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    démagogie
    impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace
    supplication
    a humble request for help from someone in authority
    sollicitation
    an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
    amours, demande
    a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
    mendicité
    a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
    emprunt
    the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
  3. noun
    reverent petition to a deity
    synonyms: prière
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    bénédiction
    a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
    bénédicité, grâces
    a short prayer of thanks before a meal
  4. noun
    a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
    synonyms: pétition
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    demande
    a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
    collecte, quête
    request for a sum of money
    demande, réclamation
    an urgent or peremptory request
    ultimatum
    a final peremptory demand
    insistance, pression
    continual and persistent demands
    exigence
    a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
    revendication
    the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use
    appel
    a demand for a show of hands in a card game
    marge bénificiaire
    a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
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    contenu, sujet
    what a communication that is about something is about
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