contourné

See also: contourne

English

Alternative forms

• contourny

Etymology

From Latin con- (“altogether, completely”) and tornāre (“to make round”).

Adjective

contourné (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) In blazon, a term used to describe beasts or monsters that have been turned around to face sinister instead of dexter.

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French

Verb

contourné (feminine contournée, masculine plural contournés, feminine plural contournées)

1. past participle of contourner

Adjective

contourné (feminine contournée, masculine plural contournés, feminine plural contournées)

1. bypassed, circumvented
2. distorted, crooked, wobbly

Further reading

• “contourné”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.