cause célèbrenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɔːz selˈeb.rə/us/ˌkɑːz selˈeb.rə/plural causes célèbres /ˌkɔːz.selˈeb.rə//ˌkɑːz-/an event, such as a famous legal trial, that attracts a lot of public attention
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- adios
- al fresco
- aloha
- aloo
- alu
- andante
- Angrez
- angst
- bon voyage
- corps de ballet
- déjà vu
- libretto
- operetta
- prima ballerina
- reveille
- scherzo
- smorgasbord
- sonata
- virtuoso
- wanderlust
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- He had transgressed the unwritten law of the English constitution that a person prominent in a cause célèbre belongs for the time being, not to himself, but to the nation at large.
- He put the question in a quiet, passionless tone, as if he were discussing some cause célèbre in which he had nothing more than a professional interest.