'contrée' cf 'pays'

Helen M.A2Kwiziq community member

'contrée' cf 'pays'

In one of the examples 'this land' is referred to as 'cette contrée' rather than 'ce pays'

Le chevalier fut amené devant le roi de cette contrée par les gardes

Could you please explain this usage to me? Thank you

This question relates to:French lesson "Forming La Voix Passive with simple tenses in French (French Passive Voice)"

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Helen,

the French is the origin language here - ‘ contrée ‘ is somewhat synonymous but not identical to ‘ pays ‘. Just as in English, there is rarely ever just 1 word for anything.

https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/contree

https://dictionnaire.lerobert.com/definition/pays

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Helen M. asked:

'contrée' cf 'pays'

In one of the examples 'this land' is referred to as 'cette contrée' rather than 'ce pays'

Le chevalier fut amené devant le roi de cette contrée par les gardes

Could you please explain this usage to me? Thank you

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