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pensif

Pronunciation: /pɑ̃.sif/

“pensif” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

adjective

  1. pensive, thoughtful

In French

  1. Qui est occupé d’une pensée qui l’attache fortement.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pensif, from penser (“to think”), semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin pēnsō.

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