No. 1,953 in French

seuil

Threshold.

In a sentence

Le seuil de la porte est propre.
The threshold of the door is clean.
In this sentence, 'seuil' is used in its literal meaning to refer to the base of a doorway.
Le pays est au seuil d'une révolution.
The country is on the verge of a revolution.
'Seuil' is used metaphorically here to indicate the beginning or brink of a substantial event.
Il a atteint le seuil de la tolérance.
He has reached the threshold of tolerance.
In this context, 'seuil' denotes a limit or point where a change occurs regarding tolerance.

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