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Detailed Translations for pretension from English to French

pretension:

pretension [the ~] nomen

  1. the pretension (conceitedness)
    la prétention; la vanité; la fatuité

Translation Matrix for pretension:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
fatuité conceitedness; pretension arrogance; haughtiness; presumptuousness
prétention conceitedness; pretension arrogance; being supercilious; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; impertinence; pomposity; presumptuousness; self-conceit; self-elevating; self-importance; superiority
vanité conceitedness; pretension arrogance; barrenness; flightiness; frivolity; frivolousness; fruitlessness; haughtiness; infertility; presumptuousness; pride; vanity
- largeness; pretence; pretense; pretentiousness

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Related Definitions for "pretension":

  1. a false or unsupportable quality1
  2. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)1
  3. the advancing of a claim1
    • his pretension to the crown1
    • the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort1

Wiktionary Translations for pretension:

pretension
noun
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pretension
noun
  1. droit que l’on a, ou que l’on croire avoir, de prétendre, d’aspirer à une chose ; espérance ; dessein ; vue.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
pretension prétention PrätentionAnmaßung, Anspruch, Forderung
pretension droit; faculté; prétention RechtRecht im subjektiven Sinn: Befugnis einer Person, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen, die sich aus dem Recht im objektiven Sinn ableiten lässt

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