hapax

apaks

Definition

Definition of hapax - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

linguistique

TECH.

mot qui apparaît une seule fois dans un texte ou corpus

TECH.

Ce terme grec est un hapax dans l'œuvre d'Homère.

corpus

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mot unique trouvé dans un ensemble de textes donné

TECH.

L'analyse révèle plusieurs hapax dans ce manuscrit médiéval.

philosophie

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événement qui ne se produit qu'une fois dans une vie

TECH.

Sa rencontre avec cet artiste fut un hapax existentiel.

événement unique

figuré

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personne exceptionnelle qui n'a pas d'équivalent

TECH.

Ce génie de la musique est un véritable hapax.

personne unique

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hapax legomenon

mot qui apparaît une seule fois dans un texte ou corpus

Ce hapax legomenon pose des difficultés d'interprétation aux chercheurs.

Origin of hapax

grec, hapax (une fois)

Examples of hapax in a sentence

Un hapax complique souvent la traduction d’un texte.
Ce poème contient un hapax fascinant.
Les chercheurs débattent de l'interprétation de cet hapax.
Leur victoire inattendue fut un hapax dans l’histoire du club.
Ce voyage unique restera un hapax dans ma mémoire.
Dans son domaine, il demeure un hapax inégalé.

Cette découverte scientifique est un hapax dans l’histoire.

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English:hapax, hapax legomenon, ...
German:Hapax, Einmalwort, ...
Italian:hapax, evento irripetibile, ...
Spanish:hapax, evento único, ...
Portuguese:hapax, palavra única, ...
Chinese:孤例词, 唯一词, ...
Japanese:ハパックス, 一度しか現れない語, ...
Arabic:هابكس, مُفرَدَة نادِرَة, ...
Hebrew:הָפַּקְס לֶגוֹמֶנוֹן, הַפַּקְס, ...
Russian:хапакс, уникальное событие, ...
Ukrainian:гапакс, унікальна подія, ...
Catalan:hapax, ...
Danish:hapax, hapaks, ...
Dutch:hapax, hapax legomenon, ...
Greek:χαπας, μοναδικό γεγονός, ...
Hungarian:hapax, egyszeri előfordulás, ...
Khmer:ហាប៉ាក់, ពាក្យដែលលេចឡើងតែម្តងក្នុងសំណុំអត្ថបទ, ...
Korean:단일 출현어, 하팍스, ...
Polish:hapaks, słowo hapaks, ...
Portuguese (BR):hapax, hapax legômeno, ...
Romanian:hapax, eveniment unic, ...
Swedish:hapax, engångsföreteelse, ...
Thai:คำที่พบครั้งเดียว, คำเอกเทศ, ...
Turkish:hapaks, tekil olay, ...
Vietnamese:từ độc nhất, từ hapax, ...

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Definition of hapax - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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Origin of hapax

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