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necessity:

necessity [the ~] nom

  1. the necessity (elementary matter; essential; emergency)
  2. the necessity (need; destitution; disaster; adversity)
    la nécessité; l'indigence; la pauvreté; l'adversité; la détresse; la misère
  3. the necessity (necessity of life; sustenance)
    le besoin vital

Translation Matrix for necessity:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
adversité adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need adverse wind; adversity; bad luck; contrary wind; misfortune; reverse; trouble
besoin vital necessity; necessity of life; sustenance
cas élémentaire elementary matter; emergency; essential; necessity
détresse adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need adversity; bad luck; dejection; depression; grief; helplessness; melancholy; misfortune; mournfulness; need; regret; reverse; sadness; sorrow; trouble; wistfulness
indigence adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need apathy; crisis; destitution; dullness; emergency situation; indigentness; listlessness; need; neediness; of limited means; poorness; state of emergency; tepidness
misère adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need adversity; bad condition; bad luck; blows; calamity; catastrophe; dearth; deficiency; destitution; disaster; disasters; discomforts; famine; grief; hardship; helplessness; hollowness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; miserable condition; misery; misfortune; misfortunes; need; needyness; parsimony; paucity; penury; poor situation; poorness; poverty; problems; punches; reverse; sadness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; skinniness; slenderness; sorrow; sparsity; squalor; thinness; tightness; trouble; troubles; want
nécessité adversity; destitution; disaster; elementary matter; emergency; essential; necessity; need depravedness; destituteness; destitution; harbourless; indigentness; need; neediness; of limited means; poorness; seediness; shabbiness
pauvreté adversity; destitution; disaster; necessity; need dearth; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; famine; frugality; fumblingness; harbourless; hardship; hollowness; indigentness; lack; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; penury; plainness; poorness; poverty; scantiness; scarcity; seediness; shabbiness; shortage; simpleness; simplicity; skinniness; skinnyness; slenderness; sobriety; sparsity; thinness; tightness; want
- essential; necessary; requirement; requisite
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- necessary; necessary of life; needfulness; requisiteness

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Antonyms for "necessity":

  • inessential

Related Definitions for "necessity":

  1. anything indispensable1
    • food and shelter are necessities of life1
  2. the condition of being essential or indispensable1

Wiktionary Translations for necessity:

necessity
noun
  1. quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite
necessity
noun
  1. caractère de ce qui est absolument obligatoire, indispensable, de ce dont on ne peut se passer.

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