Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.

    Antlitz, Gesichtsausdruck, Miene

    выраже́ние лицаvyražénije lica

    the appearance conveyed by a person's face

  2. (countable, uncountable)Favour; support; encouragement.

    Unterstützung

  3. (countable, uncountable)Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.

    Fassung, Haltung, Ruhe

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Superficial appearance; show; pretense.

Examples

20 sentences
  1. They refused to countenance any suggestion of a power-sharing agreement with a man they deemed a radical.

    Вони відмовилися підтримати будь-яку пропозицію про угоду про розподіл влади з чоловіком, якого вони вважали радикалом. — evabarczak

    ruОни отказались рассматривать любые предложения о соглашении по разделению власти с человеком, которого они считали радикалом. — evabarczak

    deSie lehnten jeden Versuch ab, eine Vereinbarung über die Teilung der Macht mit einem Mann zu schließen, den sie für radikal hielten. — evabarczak

  2. I carried brightness on my countenance.

  3. The old man had a noble countenance.

    deDer alte Mann hatte einen vornehmen Gesichtsausdruck. — xtofu80

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  4. His remark put me out of countenance.

  5. He changed his countenance at the news.

    ruУзнав эти новости, он изменился в лице. — wondersz1

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
1. face:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
1. face:
favour; support; encouragement:
calm facial expression:

Origin

From Middle English contenaunce, countenaunce, from Anglo-Norman countenance and Old Frenc

From Middle English contenaunce, countenaunce, from Anglo-Norman countenance and Old French contenance, from the present participle of contenir, or from Late Latin continentia, and therefore a doublet of continence.

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Forms

plural: countenances

Synonyms

27 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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