controverse

See also: controversé

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French controverse.

Noun

controverse (plural controverses)

1. (obsolete) Controversy.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:

     So fitly now here commeth next in place, / After the proofe of prowesse ended well, / The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […]

Verb

1. (obsolete) to controvert

Anagrams

• seroconvert

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French controverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔntroːˈvɛrzə/

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Noun

controverse f (plural controversen or controverses, diminutive controversetje n)

1. controversy

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French

Noun

controverse f (plural controverses)

1. controversy (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)

Verb

controverse

1. inflection of controverser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

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Italian

Adjective

controverse

1. feminine plural of controverso

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) contrōverse

1. vocative masculine singular of contrōversus