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French
Etymology
From contre + jour.
Pronunciation
Noun
contre-jour m (plural contre-jours)
- backlighting
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French contre-jour.
Noun
contre-jour n (uncountable)
- backlight
Declension
declension of contre-jour (singular only)
References
- contre-jour in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN