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contretemps - 3 dictionary results
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Contretemps
Con`tre*temps"\, n. [F., fr. contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L. tempus.] An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch. In this unhappy contretemps. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : contretemps
Spanish:
atraso,
German:
der Rückschlag,
Japanese:
後退
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trəˌtɑ̃