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soudain

/su.dɛ̃/

adjective/su.dɛ̃/

sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Inherited from Old French sodein, from Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus.

adverb/su.dɛ̃/

suddenly, all of a sudden

Inherited from Old French sodein, from Vulgar Latin *subitānus, from Latin subitāneus (“sudden”), from subitus.