English

Noun

controverse ‎(plural controverses)

1. (obsolete) Controversy.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.4:

     So fitly now here commeth next in place, / After the proofe of prowesse ended well, / The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […].

Verb

controverse ‎(third-person singular simple present controverses, present participle controversing, simple past and past participle controversed)

1. (obsolete) to controvert

Anagrams

• seroconvert

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔntroːˈvɛrzə/

Etymology

Borrowing from French controverse.

Noun

controverse f ‎(plural controversen or controverses, diminutive controversetje n)

1. controversy

French

Noun

controverse f ‎(plural controverses)

1. controversy (debate, discussion of opposing opinions)

Verb

controverse

1. inflection of controverser:
   1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Adjective

controverse

1. feminine plural of controverso

Latin

Adjective

contrōverse

1. vocative masculine singular of contrōversus