confrontatie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French confrontation or Latin confrontātiō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔnfrɔnˈtaː.(t)si/
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  • Hyphenation: con‧fron‧ta‧tie
  • Rhymes: -aːtsi

Noun

confrontatie f (plural confrontaties, diminutive confrontatietje n)

  1. confrontation, the act of confronting or challenging at leats one other party, especially face-to-face

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: konfrontasi

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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