circonspect

Borrowed from Latin circumspectus, from circum (“around”) and specio (“to look”).

• IPA^(key): /siʁ.kɔ̃s.pɛ/, /siʁ.kɔ̃s.pɛkt/

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circonspect (feminine circonspecte, masculine plural circonspects, feminine plural circonspectes)

1. circumspect, cautious, prudent

• circonspection

• “circonspect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.