controverse
See also: controversé
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French controverse.
Pronunciation
edit- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈkɒntɹəvɜː(ɹ)s/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /kɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)s/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editcontroverse (plural controverses)
- (obsolete) Controversy.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- So fitly now here commeth next in place,
After the proofe of prowesse ended well,
The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […]
Verb
editcontroverse (third-person singular simple present controverses, present participle controversing, simple past and past participle controversed)
- (obsolete) to controvert
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch controversie, from Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia. The current spelling controverse is due to later influence from Middle French and modern French.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcontroverse f (plural controversen or controverses, diminutive controversetje n)
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French controverse, Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcontroverse f (plural controverses)
- controversy (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Verb
editcontroverse
- inflection of controverser:
Further reading
edit- “controverse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editAdjective
editcontroverse
Latin
editAdjective
editcontrōverse
Romanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcontroverse f
- inflection of controversă:
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