"cause célèbre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔːz sɛˈlɛbɹ(ə)/ [UK], /ˈkɔz səˈlɛb/ [US], /-ˈlɛbɹə/ [US], /-ˈlɛbɹeɪ/ [US], /ˈkoʊz seɪˈlɛbɹ(ə)/ (note: like French) Audio: en-uk-cause célèbre.ogg [UK], En-us-cause-célèbre.ogg [US] Forms: causes célèbres [plural]
Etymology: From French cause (“cause, case”) + célèbre (“famous”), in the title of an 18th-century compilation of famous legal cases, Causes célèbres. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|cause||cause, case}} French cause (“cause, case”), {{m|fr|célèbre||famous}} célèbre (“famous”) Head templates: {{en-noun|causes célèbres|nolinkhead=1}} cause célèbre (plural causes célèbres)
  1. (chiefly UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate. Wikipedia link: Nicolas-Toussaint Des Essarts Tags: UK Synonyms: cause celebre [US] Translations (issue or incident arousing heated public debate): 引起轟動的事件 (Chinese Mandarin), 引起轰动的事件 (yǐnqǐ hōngdòng de shìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), cause célèbre [feminine] (Dutch), kohuoikeudenkäynti (english: legal case) (Finnish), fait polémique [masculine] (French), caso famoso [masculine] (Italian), acontecimento polémico [masculine] (Portuguese), гро́мкое де́ло (grómkoje délo) [neuter] (Russian), tema de interés [masculine] (Spanish), cause célèbre [neuter] (Swedish)

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