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See also: controversé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed 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[edit]
controverse (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[edit]
controverse (third-person singular simple present controverses, present participle controversing, simple past and past participle controversed)
- (obsolete) to controvert
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
controverse f (plural controversen or controverses, diminutive controversetje n)
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French controverse, Old French controversie, from Latin contrōversia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
controverse f (plural controverses)
- controversy (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)
Verb[edit]
controverse
- inflection of controverser:
Further reading[edit]
- “controverse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
controverse
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
contrōverse
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
controverse f
- inflection of controversă:
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