ravissement
delight; rapture
Advanced Noun Masculine
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Pronunciation
/ʁa.vis.mɑ̃/
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Cultural Note
'Ravissement' has a dual meaning in French: ecstatic delight and also abduction (from 'ravir,' to seize or to delight). Marguerite Duras's novel 'Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein' plays on this ambiguity brilliantly.
📝 Example Sentences
Elle contemplait le paysage avec ravissement.
She contemplated the landscape with delight.
Son visage exprimait un ravissement total.
Her face expressed total rapture.