Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contourné

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tourne
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Facing sinister instead of dexter.

Etymology

From French contourné, from Latin con- (“altogether, completely”) and tornāre (“to make round”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: contourné, con-

Inflected Forms

contourny (alternative)

Questions

What does contourné mean?: Facing sinister instead of dexter.
Where does contourné come from?: It is traced to French.

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