Contenance
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See also: contenance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French contenance.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Contenance f (genitive Contenance, no plural)
- (formal) countenance, composure
- 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 254:
- Er ist dem nicht gewachsen, er versteht nicht, es zu vertuschen, er verliert ganz und gar die Contenance … Aber andererseits kann er auch in der Weise die Contenance verlieren, daß er selbst in das unangenehmste Ausplaudern gerät und sein Intimstes nach außen kehrt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Contenance [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Contenance” in Duden online
- “Contenance” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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