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défense

/de.fɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/de.fɑ̃s/plural: défenses

defence (action of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose); defence; prohibition (often on signs informing onlookers that an activity is forbidden); fender; tusk (of animal)

défense de fumerno smoking

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Late Latin dēfēnsa, from Latin dēfendō.