countercompony

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adjective

Consisting of a checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures. (Contrast chequy.)

OriginFrench contre-componé →
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Meanings

adjectivecountercompony (not comparable)

alternative counter-compony

  1. not comparablegovernmentConsisting of a checkerboard of two rows of squares in alternating tinctures. (Contrast chequy.)

Origin

  1. Frenchcontre-componé
  2. Englishcountercompony

From French contre-componé; equivalent to counter- + compony.

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APA

countercompony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercompony

MLA

“countercompony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercompony. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countercompony,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercompony.

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