contention, n.f., contention, contest, debate, strife; eagerness; vehemence, intenseness, heat; (surg.) keeping reduced (of fractures). — d’esprit; intense application of mind.
contenu, n.m., contents; enclosure; tenor, terms.
conter, v.a., to tell, to relate. — des fagots; to tell idle stories. En —; to romance, to tell fibs. En — de belles, — des sornettes; to tell what is untrue, to hoax, to humbug, to deceive. En — à une femme, lui — des douceurs, lui — fleurettes; to talk soft nonsense to a woman. S’en faire or s’en laisser —; to listen to soft nonsense.
conter, v.n., to relate, to tell a story. Il conte bien; he tells a story well.
conterie, n.f., coarse glass-ware.
contestable, adj., contestable, debatable, controvertible.
contestablement, adj., contestably.
contestant, -e, adj., contending.
contestant, n.m., -e, n.f., contesting party, litigant.
contestation, n.f., contestation, contest, dispute, debate; strife, variance, wrangling, bickering; litigation. En —; at issue; at variance, at odds. Hors de toute —; beyond all contestation, dispute.