contresens

From contre- +‎ sens.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.sɑ̃s/

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contresens m (plural contresens)

1. backward interpretation
2. misinterpretation or mistranslation

• à contresens (the wrong way round, back to front)

• → Romanian: contrasens

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

• consternes, consternés