fin de non-recevoir

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛ̃ də nɔ̃.ʁə.sə.vwaʁ/
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Noun

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fin de non-recevoir f (plural fins de non-recevoir)

  1. (law) inadmissibility
  2. (figuratively) downright refusal
    Synonym: refus catégorique
    opposer une fin de non-recevoir à quelque choseto turn something down flat, to refuse something

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fin de non-recevoir.

Noun

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fin de non-recevoir m (uncountable)

  1. (law) inadmissibility
  2. (figurative, by extension) downright refusal