contentieux
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.sjø/
Adjective
contentieux (feminine contentieuse, masculine plural contentieux, feminine plural contentieuses)
- contentious
- Affaire contentieuse.
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Derived terms
Noun
contentieux m (plural contentieux)
- contention
- Ce commis était chargé du contentieux au Ministère de la Guerre.
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- Les contentieux se multiplient entre Pékin et Washington.
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Usage notes
- This word may be uncountable or countable.
Related terms
Further reading
- “contentieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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