célêbre

cause célèbre

1. A controversy that causes public debate. The town's polluted drinking water became a national cause célêbre when it was discovered that the local leaders had allowed it to happen.

2. A legal case that is famous or celebrated. The trial became a cause célêbre for those who felt the defendant was victimized by the legal system.

a cause célêbre

a famous event or legal case which people discuss a lot because it is so interesting or shocking The relationship between Edward Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson became an international cause célêbre in the 1930s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
DenİZ	-	Turkish
Otso	OT-so	Finnish
Damaris	DAM-ə-ris (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek
Lina	['li:nə]
Akhmad	-	Chechen
Grishma	-	Indian, Marathi