FIN DE SIÈCLE


Meaning of FIN DE SIÈCLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfan-də-sē-ˈe-k ə l; faⁿ-də-ˈsyekl ə ]

adjective

Etymology: French, end of the century

Date: 1890

1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the close of the 19th century and especially its literary and artistic climate of sophistication, world-weariness, and fashionable despair

2. : of or relating to the end of a century

• fin de siècle noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.