évanescence

Elle décrit l'évanescence de ce souvenir d'enfance.
She describes how that childhood memory is fading away.
L'évanescence de la brume rendait le paysage changeant.
The fading of the mist made the landscape changeable.
Ce poème évoque l'évanescence des instants heureux.
This poem evokes the transience of happy moments.
L'évanescence des couleurs donne au tableau sa douceur.
The fading of the colours gives the painting its softness.
Le peintre a saisi l'évanescence de la lumière du soir.
The painter captured the fleeting quality of the evening light.

Similar words

effacement

dissipation

disparition

fugacité

L'évanescence de la brume rendait le paysage changeant.
The fading of the mist made the landscape changeable.
Le peintre a saisi l'évanescence de la lumière du soir.
The painter captured the fleeting quality of the evening light.
Elle décrit l'évanescence de ce souvenir d'enfance.
She describes how that childhood memory is fading away.
L'évanescence des couleurs donne au tableau sa douceur.
The fading of the colours gives the painting its softness.
Ce poème évoque l'évanescence des instants heureux.
This poem evokes the transience of happy moments.

fugacité

effacement

dissipation

disparition

From Latin evanescere, to vanish.

What is évanescence?

The quality of fading away gradually.

Can it describe a memory?

Yes, a memory may slowly lose its clarity.

Is it sudden disappearance?

No, the fading is gradual.

What is its register?

It is chiefly literary.

How is it pronounced?

It is pronounced /evanɛsɑ̃s/.

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