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noun, feminine

intention

/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

noun, feminine/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/plural: intentions

intention is feminine in French.

intention

“dans l'intention de devenir roi” — with the intention of becoming king

Related: à l'intention de, c'est l'intention qui compte, intentionné, intentionnel, procès d'intention

Inherited from Middle French entention, from Old French entencion, borrowed from Latin intentiōnem. Respelled intention in Middle French to more closely match the Classical Latin form.