contingence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contingentia, from contingēns, present passive participle of contingō (“I make contact with, I am touching”).
Noun
contingence (countable and uncountable, plural contingences)
Derived terms
Translations
touching
contingency — see contingency
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “contingence”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
French
Etymology
From Latin contingentia.
Pronunciation
Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
contingence f (plural contingences)
- contingence (all senses)
- (in the plural) contingencies
Related terms
Further reading
- “contingence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.