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A quotation of French text.

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

quotation (plural quotations)

1. A fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.

• quote
• citation

• quotation mark

• attestation

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