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tolkien
The French word "Tolkien" refers to the name of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit"; it is not a common French word with a separate definition.
In a sentence
Le livre de Tolkien m'a transporté dans un monde fantastique.
Tolkien's book transported me to a fantastic world.
In this sentence, 'Tolkien' refers to the author J.R.R. Tolkien, and is used to specify the origin of the book being referred to.
Nous avons étudié les œuvres de Tolkien en classe de littérature.
We studied Tolkien's works in literature class.
Here, 'Tolkien' is used to denote the corpus of literary works authored by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Les histoires de Tolkien sont pleines de symbolisme et d'imagination.
Tolkien's stories are full of symbolism and imagination.
In this example, 'Tolkien' is used possessively to describe the qualities present in the stories written by Tolkien.
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