Definition: (adj) - normal, usual, standard, natural
Après les vacances de Noël, la vie redevient normale - After the Christmas holidays, life is back to normal.
C'est une plainte normale - It's a common complaint.
Ce n'est pas normal ! - It's weird! Something's wrong!
Related: la normale - norm, normalcy; normalement - normally, ordinarily; la normalisation - normalization; normaliser - to normalize; la normalité - normality.
Normal is a semi-false cognate. While it can mean "normal," it is often used in a more figurative sense, as in "usual" or "expected." For example, the weather is supposed to be clear and sunny all week, but there's a freak rainstorm. One might say Ce n'est pas normal - "That's not right, not what was supposed to happen."
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Après les vacances de Noël, la vie redevient normale - After the Christmas holidays, life is back to normal.
C'est une plainte normale - It's a common complaint.
Ce n'est pas normal ! - It's weird! Something's wrong!
Related: la normale - norm, normalcy; normalement - normally, ordinarily; la normalisation - normalization; normaliser - to normalize; la normalité - normality.
Normal is a semi-false cognate. While it can mean "normal," it is often used in a more figurative sense, as in "usual" or "expected." For example, the weather is supposed to be clear and sunny all week, but there's a freak rainstorm. One might say Ce n'est pas normal - "That's not right, not what was supposed to happen."
More false and semi-false cognates
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Pronunciation: [nuhr mahl]Audio Link
