Frenchsurvivance.

survivance (countable anduncountable,pluralsurvivances)

1. (now rare)Survival.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDIX”, inClarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume(please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […],→OCLC:

     And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early departure and the longestsurvivance?

2. Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them;survivorship.
   • a.1716 (date written),[Gilbert] Burnet, edited by[Gilbert Burnet Jr.],Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published1724,→OCLC:

     His son had thesurvivance of the stadtholdership.

3. (Canada) The survival ofFrancophoneculture in the face ofAnglo-Americanhegemony.

• survivancy

Fromsurvivre +‎-ance.

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.vi.vɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes:-ɑ̃s

survivance f (pluralsurvivances)

1. relic,remnant

• “survivance”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

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