English-French translations for connotation

• connotation
  Le mot politique a une connotation évoquant un strict dirigisme de Bruxelles. The word policy has a connotation of activities being closely controlled by Brussels.
  Toutefois, ces connotations différentes ne doivent pas nous faire perdre de vue nos objectifs communs. However, these different connotations must not make us lose sight of our common goals.
  Nous devons également éviter de rechercher des solutions chargées de connotations historiques négatives, comme l'instauration de corridors ferroviaires. Nor must we try to find solutions with negative historical connotations, such as train corridors.

Definition of connotation

• A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in
• The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with

Examples

• The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
• The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

Related words

• connote
• connoted
• connotative
• connotatively