ostensible

ɔstɑ̃sibl

Definition

Definition of ostensible - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

évidence

Rare

si évident qu'on ne peut l'ignorer ou le manquer

Rare

Sa nervosité était ostensible pendant l'entretien d'embauche.

évident

manifeste

exhibition

Rare

fait pour être montré ou exposé de manière délibérée

Rare

Il portait des bijoux ostensibles pour impressionner ses invités.

affiché

exhibé

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de manière ostensible

adv.

de façon visible et évidente, sans se cacher

Il a regardé sa montre de manière ostensible pendant la réunion.

Origin of ostensible

latin, ostendere (montrer) + suffixe -ible

Terms with ostensible included in their meaning

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afficher

étalage

montrer quelque chose de manière ostensible

faire claquer son fouet

autorité

montrer son autorité ou son pouvoir de façon ostensible

proclamer

affirmation ostensible

affirmer quelque chose de façon démonstrative pour convaincre

affiché

adj.

ostentation

montré de façon visible et ostensible

brandissement

exhibition

action de montrer quelque chose de manière ostensible

Examples of ostensible in a sentence

L'affichage ostensible de sa richesse a choqué ses collègues.
Son comportement ostensible a attiré l'attention de tous.
Elle portait une montre ostensible lors de la réunion.

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English:obvious, ostentatious, ...
German:offensichtlich, ostentativ, ...
Italian:evidente, ostentato, ...
Spanish:ostensible, llamativo, ...
Portuguese:ostensivo, visível, ...
Chinese:明显的, 炫耀的, ...
Japanese:あからさまな, 誇示的な, ...
Arabic:ظاهر, مستعرض, ...
Hebrew:בּוֹלֵט, מוּפְגָּן, ...
Russian:явный, демонстративный, ...
Ukrainian:очевидний, демонстративний, ...
Catalan:evident, ostensible, ...
Danish:tydelig, prangende, ...
Dutch:ostentatief, opvallend, ...
Greek:φανερός, επιδεικτικός, ...
Khmer:ច្បាស់ស្តែង, បង្ហាញច្បាស់, ...
Korean:명백한, 과시적인, ...
Polish:oczywisty, ostentacyjny, ...
Portuguese (BR):ostensivo, exibido, ...
Romanian:ostentativ, afişat, ...
Swedish:uppenbar, demonstrativ, ...
Thai:เด่นชัด, จงใจแสดงออก, ...
Turkish:açıkça belli, gösterişli, ...
Vietnamese:rõ ràng, phô trương, ...

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Definition of ostensible - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

Expressions with ostensible

Origin of ostensible

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Terms with ostensible included in their meaning

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