contre-offensive

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contre-offensive

\kɔ̃.tʁɔ.fɑ̃.siv\

noun contre-offensives

Variante, dans l’orthographe traditionnelle, de controffensive. Au nom du vivre-ensemble, faut-il inaugurer, comme l’a proposé ironiquement Éric Azière (UDI-MoDem), le « boulevard des Italiens et des Italiennes » ? Gare à la contre-offensive de la machosphère, qui voudra balancer aux orties « régime matrimonial », qui sent trop la domination des mères.

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counter-attack an attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
counter-offensive attack made in response to a previous offensive

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@misc{contre_offensive_2026,
  title = {contre-offensive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/contre-offensive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}