No. 5,969 in French

dev

"Dev" is not a standard French word; it may refer to an abbreviation or borrowed term, such as "developer" (développeur).

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Il est dev depuis plusieurs années dans une grande entreprise.
He has been a dev for several years in a large company.
In this sentence, 'dev' is used as a colloquial abbreviation for 'développeur', meaning 'developer', describing someone's profession.
Elle apprend les bases du dev web pour élargir ses compétences.
She is learning the basics of web dev to broaden her skills.
Here, 'dev' refers to the field of 'development', in this case, specifically 'web development', showing the area of study or practice.
Les outils récents simplifient énormément les tâches de dev.
Recent tools greatly simplify dev tasks.
In this statement, 'dev' denotes the tasks or processes related to 'development', emphasizing the technical activities involved.

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