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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

dernière

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dernière

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Closing-night/ˈkləʊ.zɪŋ.naɪt/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15400 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Toute la troupe a célébré la dernière du spectacle."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The final performance or night of a theatrical production, exhibition, or festival run.

    "The cast celebrated with a lively party after the closing-night performance of the play."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to or occurring on the final night of an event or show.

    "She wore a stunning dress for the closing-night gala of the film festival."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the participle 'closing' (from Old French 'clos', ultimately Latin 'claudere', meaning to shut) and the Old English noun 'niht'. It emerged in theatrical contexts during the late 19th century as a counterpart to opening-night, denoting the final performance of a theatrical run.

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