contenance
See also: Contenance
French
Etymology
From Old French countenance; from the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, cf. also Late Latin continentia.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
contenance f (plural contenances)
Related terms
Further reading
- “contenance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.