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cleft sentence
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
1. (grammar)
a. la phrase clivée (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
The speaker used a cleft sentence to emphasize a particular element.Le locuteur a utilisé une phrase clivée pour mettre en relief un élément particulier.
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