contenance
See also: Contenance
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French countenance; from the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, cf. also Late Latin continentia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcontenance f (plural contenances)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
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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