contentieux
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin contentiōsus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcontentieux (feminine contentieuse, masculine plural contentieux, feminine plural contentieuses)
- contentious
- Affaire contentieuse.
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Derived terms
editNoun
editcontentieux m (plural contentieux)
- contention
- Ce commis était chargé du contentieux au Ministère de la Guerre.
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- Les contentieux se multiplient entre Pékin et Washington.
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Usage notes
edit- This word may be uncountable or countable.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “contentieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.