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)

1. conquest
2. (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.