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    [Noun]  | "con*tre*temps" | \ ˈkän-trə-ˌtäⁿ \


    1: an inopportune or embarrassing occurrence or situation

    2: dispute, argument


    Origin: 1769 ;

     French, from contre- counter- + temps time, from Latin tempus;

    [Noun]  | "contretemps" 


    1: an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions;


      * e.g., " ... there was a bit of a contretemps over the seating arrangements for the upcoming wedding "



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     [ "contretemps" ]

    1: An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.

      * e.g.,  ... "The hotel had to deal with more than one contretemps before the end of the night" 

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