pensif

pɑ̃sif

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Definition of pensif - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

réflexionabsorbé dans ses pensées, qui réfléchit profondément

Marie reste pensif après avoir lu cette lettre.
Il avait l'air pensif devant la fenêtre.
Les élèves sont pensifs après l'examen.

méditatif

rêveur

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air pensif

expression du visage qui montre qu'une personne réfléchit

Il avait un air pensif en regardant par la fenêtre.

d'un air pensif

adv.

de manière qui montre une réflexion profonde ou une méditation

Elle regardait d'un air pensif par la fenêtre.

Origin of pensif

latin, pensare (penser)

Terms with pensif included in their meaning

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dans sa tête

adj.

pensif

absorbé par ses propres pensées et réflexions

yeux rêveurs

regard pensif

yeux qui expriment la rêverie ou un état pensif et mélancolique

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English:pensive, ...
German:nachdenklich, ...
Italian:pensieroso, ...
Spanish:pensativo, ...
Portuguese:pensativo, ...
Chinese:沉思的, ...
Japanese:物思いにふけった, ...
Arabic:مُتَفَكِّر, ...
Hebrew:מְהוֹרָהֵר, ...
Russian:задумчивый, ...
Ukrainian:замислений, ...
Catalan:pensatiu, ...
Danish:tankefuld, ...
Dutch:peinzend, ...
Greek:συγκεντρωμένος, ...
Hungarian:töprengő, ...
Khmer:ស្រងើយគិត, ...
Korean:생각에 잠긴, ...
Polish:zamyślony, ...
Portuguese (BR):pensativo, ...
Romanian:gânditor, ...
Swedish:tankfull, ...
Thai:ครุ่นคิด, ...
Turkish:düşünceli, ...
Vietnamese:trầm ngâm, ...

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