conte de bonne femme
French, noun/kɔ̃t də bɔn fam/
conte de bonne femme is a French masculine noun meaning “old wives' tale; cock-and-bull story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Histoire que l’on sait être fausse”.
What does conte de bonne femme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineold wives' tale; cock-and-bull story
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Histoire que l’on sait être fausse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conte de bonne femme
- contes de bonne femme plural
- contes de bonnes femmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conte de bonne femme?
- /kɔ̃t də bɔn fam/
- \kɔ̃t də bɔn fam\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.