contexte

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contextus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɛkst/

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• Homophone: contextes
• Hyphenation: con‧texte

Noun

contexte m (plural contextes)

1. context

   Near-synonym: environnement

2. (linguistics) context

Derived terms

• contextuel

Related terms

• cotexte

Descendants

• → Turkish: kontekst

Further reading

• “contexte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

From contexō (“join, weave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtek.steː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ɛks̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtek.ste/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛkst̪e]

Adverb

contextē (comparative contextius, superlative contextissimē)

1. in close connection

Related terms

• contexō
• contextus

References

• “contexte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)