contournement

French

Etymology

From contourner (“to bypass; to circumvent”) +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

contournement m (plural contournements)

1. bypass (road)
2. workaround (computing)
3. flashover

Further reading

• “contournement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.