Résilient
Example: Elle est résiliente face aux défis les plus difficiles.
Definition
"Résilient" describes someone or something able to recover quickly from difficult conditions or adapt well to challenges, showing strength and flexibility in the face of adversity, as in the phrase: 'She is resilient in the face of the toughest challenges.'
Etymology
The word "résilient" comes from the Latin verb 'resilire,' meaning 'to leap back' or 'to rebound.' It entered French with this sense of bouncing back, much like a spring or elastic material. Did you know? The idea of resilience originally described physical properties before being applied to human qualities.
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"Résilient" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - General - (C2) - set 1", containing 95 commonly used words.
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