cause célèbre

See also: cause celebre

English

Alternative forms

cause celebre (American)

Etymology

From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of a famous 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Nouvelles Causes Célèbres.

Pronunciation

(French) IPA^(key): /koz se.lɛbʁ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /kɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/
(US) IPA^(key): /kɔz sɛˈlɛb/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres)

(chiefly Britain) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.

Translations

issue or incident arousing heated public debate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 引起轟動的事件, 引起轰动的事件 (yǐnqǐ hōngdòng de shìjiàn)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: cause célèbre f
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kohuoikeudenkäynti (legal case)
French: fait polémique m
Italian: caso famoso m

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
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Portuguese: acontecimento polémico m
Russian: гро́мкое де́ло n
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: tema de interés m
Swedish: cause célèbre (sv) n
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

References

“cause célèbre” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
cause célèbre at OneLook Dictionary Search
cause celebre at OneLook Dictionary Search

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