contrechamp

French

Etymology

From contre- +‎ champ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʃɑ̃/

• Audio

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• Homophone: contre-chant

Noun

contrechamp m (plural contrechamps)

1. (film) reverse shot

Further reading

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