contenance
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See also: Contenance
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French countenance; from the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, cf. also Late Latin continentia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
contenance f (plural contenances)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Contenance
Further reading[edit]
- “contenance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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