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See also: contrée
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]contree (plural contrees)
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]contree (plural contrees)
- Alternative form of contre
Middle French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- contrée (acutes start to appear circa 1535)
Etymology
[edit]From Old French contree.
Noun
[edit]contree f (plural contrees)
Descendants
[edit]- French: contrée
Old French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrata (“facing land”), from Latin contra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contree oblique singular, f (oblique plural contrees, nominative singular contree, nominative plural contrees)
- country; the countryside
Quotations
[edit]- For quotations using this term, see Citations:contree.
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- païs (nation)
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