Devinée (en. Guessed)

/də.vi.ne/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

An answer or solution obtained by intuition or presumption.

His guess on the riddle turned out to be correct.

Sa devinée sur l'énigme s'est avérée correcte.

A supposition or hypothesis made based on limited information.

His guess about his future was filled with hope.

Sa devinée concernant son avenir était pleine d'espoir.

From the verb 'guess', deriving from the Latin 'divinare'.

to make a guess

To make a conjecture about something without certainty.

faire une devinée

blind guess

Hypothesis made without prior knowledge.

devinée à l'aveugle

guess of the situation

Analysis or judgment made on a given problem.

devinée de la situation

to guess

To formulate a supposition or estimate without concrete evidence.

deviner

seer

A person believed to have divination powers.

devin

divine

Relating to gods or sacred things.

divin

To have a precise idea without proof

She made a guess about her age based on her appearance.

Elle a fait une devinée sur son âge basé sur son apparence.

To estimate something intuitively

I asked him to make a guess about the exam results.

Je lui ai demandé de faire une devinée sur les résultats de l'examen.