cause célèbre

See also: cause celebre

English

Alternative forms

cause celebre (US)

Etymology

From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of a famous 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Nouvelles Causes Célèbres.

Pronunciation

(French) IPA^(key): /koz se.lɛbʁ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/
(US) IPA^(key): /kɔz sɛˈlɛb/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres)

(principally Britain) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.

Translations

issue or incident arousing heated public debate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 引起轟動的事件, 引起轰动的事件 (yǐnqǐ hōngdòng de shìjiàn)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: cause célèbre f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kohuoikeudenkäynti (legal case)
French: fait polémique m
Italian: caso famoso m

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: acontecimento polémico m
Russian: гро́мкое де́ло n
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: tema de interés m
Swedish: cause célèbre (sv) n
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

References

“cause célèbre” (US) / “cause célèbre” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
cause célèbre at OneLook Dictionary Search
cause celebre at OneLook Dictionary Search

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.