Many abstract nouns are formed from adjectives by adding suffixes:
-té:
bon (good): bonté (goodness,
kindness)
beau (beautiful): beauté
(beauty)
-eur:
pâle (pale): pâleur (pallor,
paleness)
rond (round): rondeur
(roundness)
grand (tall): grandeur (height,
greatness)
-esse:
robuste (robust): robustesse
(strength)
-ise:
gourmand (greedy): gourmandise
(greediness)
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