contrée
See also: contree
French
Etymology
From Middle French contree, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā. Doublet of country.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁe/
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Noun
contrée f (plural contrées)
- (literary) land; region; country
Participle
contrée f sg
- feminine singular of the past participle of contrer
Further reading
- “contrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.