controverse
See also: controversé
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French controverse.
Pronunciation edit
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈkɒntɹəvɜː(ɹ)s/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /kɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)s/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
controverse (plural controverses)
- (obsolete) Controversy.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- So fitly now here commeth next in place,
After the proofe of prowesse ended well,
The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […]
Verb edit
controverse (third-person singular simple present controverses, present participle controversing, simple past and past participle controversed)
- (obsolete) to controvert
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia. The current spelling controverse is due to later influence from Middle French and modern French.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
controverse f (plural controversen or controverses, diminutive controversetje n)
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French controverse, Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
controverse f (plural controverses)
- controversy (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Verb edit
controverse
- inflection of controverser:
Further reading edit
- “controverse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
controverse
Latin edit
Adjective edit
contrōverse
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
controverse f
- inflection of controversă: