péripétie
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek περιπέτεια (peripéteia).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
péripétie f (plural péripéties)
- peripeteia (sudden change in circumstances)
- (by extension, in the plural) chain of unexpected events
Further reading edit
- “péripétie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.