conventionnel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conventionnel.

Noun

conventionnel (plural conventionnels)

1. (France historical) A member of the National Convention.
   • 1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California 1979, p. 178:

     To calm their nerves and dispel the phantoms of their imaginations, the conventionnels proposed a series of fantastic draconian measures designed to insure tranquillity during the voting.

   • 2004, David Andress, The French Revolution and the People, London 2004, p. 236:

     When the crowds burst again into the assembly hall, they bore with them on a pike the head of a conventionnel, Féraud, who had tried to bar their path.

   • 2006, Howard G Brown, Ending the French Revolution, University of Virginia 2008, p. 27:

     The Conventionnels who had voted for the measure included many who had worked closely with deputies now under arrest for their part in the Terror.

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French

Etymology

From convention +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl/

Adjective

conventionnel (feminine singular conventionnelle, masculine plural conventionnels, feminine plural conventionnelles)

1. conventional

Noun

conventionnel m (plural conventionnels, feminine conventionnelle)

1. (historical) conventionalist, conventionnel

Further reading

• “conventionnel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).