conquête
French
Etymology
Feminine of conquêt. From Middle French conqueste, from Old French conqueste, cunqueste, from a Vulgar Latin *conquista, from the feminine of Latin conquisitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.kɛt/
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Noun
conquête f (plural conquêtes)
- conquest
- (figuratively) conquest (act of winning someone over)
Related terms
- conquérir
- conquêt
- reconquête
Further reading
- “conquête”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.