/ap.sɔ.ly/
absolute
“oreille absolue” — absolute pitch, perfect pitch
Inherited from Middle French absolut, replaced earlier asolu (c. 1100), from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, free; complete”).
absolute (that which exists independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated; that which is complete in itself; that which is perfect)
“en quête d'absolu” — seeking perfection
Inherited from Middle French absolut, replaced earlier asolu (c. 1100), from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, free; complete”).