contrée

See also: contree

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French contree, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā. Doublet of country.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁe/
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Noun

contrée f (plural contrées)

(literary) land; region; country

Participle

contrée f sg

feminine singular of contré

Further reading

“contrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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