controuvé
French, adjective
controuvé is a French adjective meaning “contrived” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of controuver. Without its accent, controuve is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “inventé (de façon mensongère)”.
What does controuvé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contrived
verb
- 1
past participle of controuver
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. inventé (de façon mensongère).
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 controuvé
- controuvée feminine
- controuvés masculine plural
- controuvées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).