contexte

contexte

French

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin contextus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛkst/
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    • Homophone: contextes
    • Hyphenation: con‧texte

    Noun

    contexte m (plural contextes)

    1. context
      Near-synonym: environnement
    2. (linguistics) context

    Derived terms

    • cotexte

    Descendants

    • Turkish: kontekst

    Further reading

    Latin

    Etymology

    From contexō (join, weave).

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    contextē (comparative contextius, superlative contextissimē)

    1. in close connection

    References

    • contexte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)