contrée

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French contree, from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā. Doublet of country. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁe/ === Noun === contrée f (plural contrées) (literary) land; region; country === Participle === contrée f sg feminine singular of contré === Further reading === “contrée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012