contenance

Inherited from Old French countenance; from the present participle of contenir, with the suffix -ance, cf. also Late Latin continentia.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t.nɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

contenance f (plural contenances)

1. capacity (amount that can be held)
2. composure

• faire bonne contenance

• contenant

• → German: Contenance

• “contenance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.