Mot du Jour ~ Polémique
Nov 5
La polémique
noun, feminine
PRON: lah PO-lay-MEEK
We see this word quite a lot in the journal and on news television, usually related to politics, the unions or local issues. It means: "controversy".
It can also be used as an adjective for a similar word we don't hear to often in English "polemic" meaning "controversial".
Examples:
noun, feminine
PRON: lah PO-lay-MEEK
We see this word quite a lot in the journal and on news television, usually related to politics, the unions or local issues. It means: "controversy".
It can also be used as an adjective for a similar word we don't hear to often in English "polemic" meaning "controversial".
Examples:
- Une polémique politique qui s'envenime. (noun)
- Écrivain polémique. (adj)
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