Related Content
- Daily Word Quiz: blithesome
- Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy
- Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee
- Frequently Misspelled Words
- Frequently Mispronounced Words
- Easily Confused Words
- Writing & Language
contretemps: Meaning and Definition of
con•tre•temps
Pronunciation: (kon'tru-tän" Fr. kôntr&supschwa-tän'), [key]
— pl. -temps
- an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance: He caused a minor contretemps by knocking over his drink.
See also:
- contretemps (Thesaurus)
