Definition: (adj) - absent, lacking, missing
Je serai absent demain. - I'll be out / absent tomorrow.
Le rire est toujours absent dans cette maison ! - Laughter is always missing in this house (no one ever laughs in this house)
Pourquoi est-ce que ce pays est absent des négociations ? - Why is this country not participating in the negotiations?
Related: une absence - absence; absentéisme - absenteeism; un/e absentéiste - absentee; absenter - to go out, leave
(Click the little red + white graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced. If you're wondering why the b is pronounced like a p, see my lesson on assimilation.)
Je serai absent demain. - I'll be out / absent tomorrow.
Le rire est toujours absent dans cette maison ! - Laughter is always missing in this house (no one ever laughs in this house)
Pourquoi est-ce que ce pays est absent des négociations ? - Why is this country not participating in the negotiations?
Related: une absence - absence; absentéisme - absenteeism; un/e absentéiste - absentee; absenter - to go out, leave
(Click the little red + white graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced. If you're wondering why the b is pronounced like a p, see my lesson on assimilation.)
Pronunciation: [a psa(n)] 
