évanescence

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The quality of gradually fading away.

Examples

  • Ce poème évoque l'évanescence des instants heureux.
    This poem evokes the transience of happy moments.
  • Le peintre a saisi l'évanescence de la lumière du soir.
    The painter captured the fleeting quality of the evening light.
  • L'évanescence des couleurs donne au tableau sa douceur.
    The fading of the colours gives the painting its softness.
  • 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.

Similar words

fugacité
effacement
dissipation
disparition

Meanings

Gradual fading

noun
transience and gradual disappearance
literary
The delicate process by which a sight, sensation or memory diminishes and disappears.

Examples

  • 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.

Similar words

Etymology

From Latin evanescere, to vanish.

FAQ

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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