cause célèbre
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See also: cause celebre
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Etymology[edit]
From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of a 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Causes célèbres.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kɔz səˈlɛb/, /-ˈlɛbɹə/, sometimes /-ˈlɛbɹeɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
- (like French) IPA(key): /koʊz seɪ.lɛbɹ(ə)/
Noun[edit]
cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres)
- (chiefly UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.
- 2021 February 15, Jack Nicas, “Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.
Translations[edit]
issue or incident arousing heated public debate
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References[edit]
- ^ Nicolas-Toussaint Des Essarts, editor (1773–1789) Causes célèbres[1]
Further reading[edit]
cause célèbre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “cause célèbre”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cause célèbre”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “cause celebre”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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