"kontan" meaning in Mauritian Creole

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Adjective

Etymology: From French content (“happy”). Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|content||happy}} French content (“happy”) Head templates: {{head|mfe|adjective}} kontan
  1. happy; pleased
    Sense id: en-kontan-mfe-adj-tW4bwdkI Categories (other): Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header: 58 42

Verb

Forms: form kontan [medial]
Etymology: From French content (“happy”). Etymology templates: {{der|mfe|fr|content||happy}} French content (“happy”) Head templates: {{head|mfe|verb}} kontan, {{mfe-verb|kontan}} kontan (medial form kontan)
  1. To like; to be pleased by
    Sense id: en-kontan-mfe-verb-RBy5FpML

Download JSON data for kontan meaning in Mauritian Creole (1.4kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Mauritian Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (46b31b8 and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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