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noun, masculine

loisir

/lwa.ziʁ/

noun, masculine/lwa.ziʁ/plural: loisirs

leisure, hobby

Related: à loisir

Inherited from Old French loisir, from Latin licēre, infinitive of licet. The final -ir < Latin -ēre is regular and results from the palatalization of the preceding -c- to *[d͡zʲ], as in gésir, moisir, plaisir.