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- French · derived fromcontre-componé
- English todaycountercompony
From French contre-componé; equivalent to counter- + compony.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
countercompony
Today it means: Consisting of a checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures. (Contrast chequy.) Full definition →
French contre-componé