les

• Article

  1. plural of le: the
  2. plural of la: the

• Pron

origines

• Noun

  plural of origine

• Verb

de

• Prep

  1. of (expresses belonging)
  2. of (used to express property or association)
  3. from (used to indicate origin)
  4. of (indicates an amount)
  5. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
  6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
  7. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
  8. by (indicates the amount of change)

• Article
• Noun

sont

third-person plural present indicative of être

très

very

controversées

feminine plural of controversé