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noun, feminine

occasion

/ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃/

noun, feminine/ɔ.ka.zjɔ̃/plural: occasions

occasion, opportunity; cause; bargain, good deal; secondhand or used item

Borrowed from Latin occāsiōnem (accusative of occāsiō). Compare the inherited Old French ochoison, achaison (the latter being influenced by Latin accūsātiō).