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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: contretemps (0.00826 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to contretemps.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: contretemps
contretemps
n : an awkward clash;
“he tried to smooth over his contretemps
with the policeman”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Contretemps
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.
[1913 Webster]
In this unhappy contretemps. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
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