contre-jour
French
noun
Definitions
- backlighting
Etymology
Compound from French contre (counter-) + French jour (day, light).
Origin
French
jour
Gloss
day, light
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
日
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- to counter English
- Jour German
- contra Italian
- contrare Italian
- contro Italian
- giorno Italian
- Jour J French
- abat-jour French
- bonjour French
- contre French
- contre-fenêtre French
- contre-porte French
- contremaître French
- contreproductif French
- jour French
- journée French
- jor Old French
- kontraŭ Esperanto
- contra Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- jornar Ido
- contre Middle French
- jou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- zour Mauritian Creole
- zour Seychellois Creole