conventionnel
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French conventionnel.
Noun
conventionnel (plural conventionnels)
- (French historical) A member of the National Convention.
- 1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California 1979, p. 178:
- To calm their nerves and dispel the phantoms of their imaginations, the conventionnels proposed a series of fantastic draconian measures designed to insure tranquillity during the voting.
- 2004, David Andress, The French Revolution and the People, London 2004, p. 236:
- When the crowds burst again into the assembly hall, they bore with them on a pike the head of a conventionnel, Féraud, who had tried to bar their path.
- 2006, Howard G Brown, Ending the French Revolution, University of Virginia 2008, p. 27:
- The Conventionnels who had voted for the measure included many who had worked closely with deputies now under arrest for their part in the Terror.
- 1979, David P Jordan, The King's Trial, University of California 1979, p. 178:
French
Etymology
From convention + -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛl/
Adjective
conventionnel (feminine singular conventionnelle, masculine plural conventionnels, feminine plural conventionnelles)
Further reading
- “conventionnel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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