penumbra
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penumbra
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
1. (astronomy)
a. la pénombre (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).
Through the viewer he had constructed, the astronomer could distinctly make out the penumbra during the eclipse.Grâce à l'appareil qu'il avait construit, l'astronome pouvait distinguer clairement la pénombre pendant l'éclipse.
a. la pénombre (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).
In the forest's penumbra, even familiar paths felt uncertain.Dans la pénombre de la forêt, même les sentiers familiers semblaient incertains.
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