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French Word of the Day

retrouvaillesn.f. pl.

[ʁə.tʁu.vaj]

a joyful reunion

In a sentence

  1. Les retrouvailles avec ma famille étaient émouvantes.The reunion with my family was moving.
  2. Quelles belles retrouvailles après dix ans !What a wonderful reunion after ten years!

The joy of seeing someone again after a long time. English needs a sentence; French needs one warm plural noun.

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