different between contentment vs contenement
contentment
English
Etymology
Middle French contentement; synchronically analyzable as content +? -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?ntm?nt/
Noun
contentment (usually uncountable, plural contentments)
- The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- Then they got out their boat from the boat-house, sculled down the river home, and at a very late hour sat down to supper in their own cosy riverside parlour, to the Rat's great joy and contentment.
- 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
- happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
- The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
Antonyms
- discontent, discontentment, dissatisfaction
Translations
Further reading
- contentment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- contentment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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contenement
English
Noun
contenement (plural contenements)
- That which is held together with another thing.
- That which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling.
Synonyms
- appurtenance
References
- contenement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Middle French
Etymology
se contenir (“to behave”) +? -ment
Noun
contenement m (plural contenemens)
- behavior
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