contourné

Alternative forms

• contourny

Etymology

From Latin con- (“altogether, completely”) and tornāre (“to make round”).

Adjective

contourné (comparative more contourné, superlative most contourné)

1. (heraldry) In blazon, a term used to describe beasts or monsters that have been turned around to face sinister instead of dexter.

Verb

contourné m (feminine singular contournée, masculine plural contournés, feminine plural contournées)

1. past participle of contourner

Adjective

contourné (feminine singular contournée, masculine plural contournés, feminine plural contournées)

1. bypassed, circumvented
2. distorted, crooked, wobbly

Further reading

• “contourné” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).