Some words in our language are disconcerting.
Rare and astonishing, their meaning does not immediately come to mind.
Just look at the number of terms that make up our dictionaries.
No one can claim to know and understand them immediately.
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Take the word
“succubus”
for example.
It designates in the Christian religion the
"female demon who comes at night to unite with a man"
, explains the Robert.
It is a synonym for
"devilness"
.
"Ingambe"
is the opposite of
"fringant"
, and means, jokingly and in old language: "who has normal use of his legs".
As for the
"ponant"
, it designates the setting sun.
Its antonym is the
"rising"
.
Le Figaro invites
you to test your knowledge of these strange and rare words in the French language.
Will you be faultless?
