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See also: contrée
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
contree (plural contrees)
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
contree (plural contrees)
- Alternative form of contre
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- contrée (acutes start to appear circa 1535)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French contree.
Noun[edit]
contree f (plural contrees)
Descendants[edit]
- French: contrée
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrata (“facing land”), from Latin contra.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
contree oblique singular, f (oblique plural contrees, nominative singular contree, nominative plural contrees)
- country; the countryside
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:contree.
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
- païs (nation)
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