opposé

See also: oppose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.po.ze/

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Participle

opposé (feminine opposée, masculine plural opposés, feminine plural opposées)

1. past participle of opposer

Noun

opposé m (plural opposés)

1. opposite

Adjective

opposé (feminine opposée, masculine plural opposés, feminine plural opposées)

1. opposite
   • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎^[1], page 3:

     La tige principale porte les tiges secondaires, qui viennent se grouper sur elle en systèmes définis : tiges opposées, alternes ou verticillées.

     The main stem bears the secondary stems, which are arranged upon it in defined patterns: opposite, alternate, or verticillate.

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Adjective

opposé m

1. (Jersey) opposite