contenance
See also: Contenance
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French countenance; from the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, cf. also Late Latin continentia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
contenance f (plural contenances)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: Contenance
Further reading edit
- “contenance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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