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counter-courant

counter-courant adjective: depicted running in opposite directions.

Adjective

counter-courant (not comparable)

  1. Depicted running in opposite directions.

Origin of counter-courant

From counter- + courant.

Questions about counter-courant

What does counter-courant mean?
Counter-courant means depicted running in opposite directions.
What part of speech is counter-courant?
Counter-courant is an adjective.

Words near counter-courant in the dictionary

  1. counter-compony
  2. counter-couchant
  3. counter-counter-measure
  4. counter-countermeasure
  5. counter-countermeasures
  6. counter-courant
  7. counter-cultist
  8. counter-cultists
  9. counter-demonstration
  10. counter-demonstrations
  11. counter-earth

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