conventionnel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conventionnel.

Noun

conventionnel (plural conventionnels)

1. (history) A member of the French National Convention.
   • 1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California, published 1979, page 178:

     To calm their nerves and dispel the phantoms of their imaginations, the conventionnels proposed a series of fantastic draconian measures designed to insure tranquillity during the voting.

   • 2004, David Andress, The French Revolution and the People, London, page 236:

     When the crowds burst again into the assembly hall, they bore with them on a pike the head of a conventionnel, Féraud, who had tried to bar their path.

   • 2006, Howard G Brown, Ending the French Revolution, University of Virginia, published 2008, page 27:

     The Conventionnels who had voted for the measure included many who had worked closely with deputies now under arrest for their part in the Terror.

French

Etymology

From convention +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl/

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Adjective

conventionnel (feminine conventionnelle, masculine plural conventionnels, feminine plural conventionnelles)

1. conventional

Derived terms

• médecine non conventionnelle

Descendants

• → Danish: konventionel
• → Dutch: conventioneel
  • Afrikaans: konvensioneel
  • → Indonesian: konvensionil
• → German: konventionell
• → Norwegian Bokmål: konvensjonell
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: konvensjonell
• → Romanian: convențional
• → Swedish: konventionell
• → Turkish: konvansiyonel
• → Yiddish: קאָנווענציאָנעל (konventsyonel)

Noun

conventionnel m (plural conventionnels, feminine conventionnelle)

1. (historical) conventionalist, conventionnel

Further reading

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