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語源

Borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin (terra) contrāta.

発音

• IPA: /kuntˈreː(ə)/, /kuntˈræi̯(ə)/, /ˈkuntreː/

名詞

contre (plural contrees)

1. A region, domain, or area.
2. A political subdivision:
   1. On a national level: country or nation.
   2. On a regional level: a district or province.
   3. On a local level: a town or parish.
3. One's mother country; one's homeland.
4. The countryside (as opposed to the city)
5. The people of a region; the local people.

派生した語

• English: country (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: countre, cuntre, cuntrie
  • Scots: kintra

参照

• “cǒntrẹ̄(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.