Grammatical class

Noun

contretemps

(music) offbeat, backbeat

Details

Syllables

con-tre-temps

Phonetics

kɔ̃.tʁə.tɑ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

12669

Freq. (movies)

14374

Freq. (news)

18694

Sentences

À contretemps

Syncopated

A1

Ce n'est qu'un léger contretemps.

It's only a minor setback.

A1

Ce n'est qu'un petit contretemps.

It's only a small setback.

A2