contrée

See also: contree

French

Etymology

From Middle French contree, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁe/

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Noun

contrée f (plural contrées)

1. (literary) land; region; country

Verb

contrée f

1. feminine singular of the past participle of contrer

Further reading

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