ordonnance

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ordonnance. Doublet of ordinance and ordnance. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈoɹdənəns/, or like French /oɹdɔˈnɑns/ === Noun === ordonnance (art) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. August 15, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk their dramatic ordonnance of the parts === References === “ordonnance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “ordonnance”, in Collins English Dictionary. == French == === Etymology === From ordonner +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/ Homophone: ordonnances Rhymes: -ɑ̃s === Noun === ordonnance f (plural ordonnances) (medicine) prescription (law) order, decree ordonnance restrictive ― restraining order (law) ordinance ==== Derived terms ==== ordonnancer ordonnancement === Further reading === “ordonnance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012