contra

See also: Contra, contrà, and contra-

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɹə/

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to

SynonymsEdit

• against, anti

AntonymsEdit

• for, pro

TranslationsEdit

against, contrary or opposed to

• German: gegen (de), im Gegensatz zu m, contra (de), anti, wider (de)

• Tagalog: kontra

AdverbEdit

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

1. contrary to something

TranslationsEdit

contrary to something

• Arabic: عَلَى اَلْعَكْس‎‎ (ʿalā l-ʿaks), عَلَى اَلنَّقِيض مِن‎‎ (ʿalā n-naqīḍ min), ضِد‎‎ (ḍid)

  Egyptian Arabic: عكس‎‎ (ʿakss), ضد‎‎ (ḍeḍ)

• Bulgarian: напротив (bg) (naprotiv), наопаки (bg) (naopaki)

• German: gegen (de), im Gegensatz zu m, contra (de), gegnerisch (de), gegengesetzt, entgegengesetzt
• Romanian: împotrivă (ro), contra (ro)

NounEdit

contra (plural contras)

1. (business) a deal to swap goods or services
2. (accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account)

   • a contra position; a contra entry;

     The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.

3. (music, informal) any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
4. (dance) A contra dance.
5. (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
   • 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 232.

     Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances.

TranslationsEdit

(business) a deal to swap goods or services

(accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry

• German: Gegenkonto n, Gegenbuchung f, Gegenposition f, Gegenrechnung f, Kreditseite f

(dance) a contra dance

• German: Contra Tanz m, Kontratanz m

VerbEdit

contra (third-person singular simple present contras, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (accounting) to undo; to reverse
   • to contra a position (an entry)

TranslationsEdit

(accounting) to undo an entry

• German: zurückbuchen, ristornieren, stornieren (de)

AnagramsEdit

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.tɾa/

AdverbEdit

contra

1. against
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Més endavant, va parlar contra la gent sense família

     But before, he spoke against people without family

NounEdit

contra m (plural contres)

1. con (disadvantage)

   Antonym: pro

Related termsEdit

• contra-
• contrari

Further readingEdit

• “contra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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FinnishEdit

NounEdit

contra

1. Contra (anti-Sandinista fighter)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of contra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		contra	contrat
genitive		contran	contrien
partitive		contraa	contria
illative		contraan	contriin
		singular	plural
nominative		contra	contrat
accusative	nom.	contra	contrat
	gen.	contran
genitive		contran	contrien contrainrare
partitive		contraa	contria
inessive		contrassa	contrissa
elative		contrasta	contrista
illative		contraan	contriin
adessive		contralla	contrilla
ablative		contralta	contrilta
allative		contralle	contrille
essive		contrana	contrina
translative		contraksi	contriksi
instructive		—	contrin
abessive		contratta	contritta
comitative		—	contrineen

SynonymsEdit

• contrasissi

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FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

contra

1. third-person singular past historic of contrer

AnagramsEdit

• carton

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkontra/, [ˈkon̪.t̪r̺ä]
• Hyphenation: cón‧tra

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin contrā.

AdverbEdit

contra

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. Obsolete form of contro.

See alsoEdit

• contraposto

Etymology 2Edit

Inflected form of contrare

VerbEdit

contra

1. third-person singular present indicative of contrare
2. second-person singular imperative of contrare

AnagramsEdit

• tronca

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LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contrā from cum (older com), as in intrā from in, extrā from ex etc. Confer with the semantics of English with.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.traː/, [ˈkɔn.traː]

AdverbEdit

contrā

1. against
2. opposite to
3. contrary to
4. otherwise
5. in return, back

PrepositionEdit

contrā (+ accusative)

1. against
2. across from, opposite

DescendantsEdit

• Albanian: kundër
• Asturian: contra
• Catalan: contra
• Dalmatian: cuantra
• English: contra, country
• French: contre
• Friulian: cuintri

• Hungarian: kontra
• Italian: contro
• Ladin: contra
• Polish: kontra
• Portuguese: contra

• Romanian: către, contra
• Sicilian: contra
• Spanish: contra
• Venetian: contra

ReferencesEdit

• contra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• contra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)
    
  • it is a breach of duty to..: contra officium est c. Inf.
    
  • for the advantage of the state; in the interests of the state: e re publica (opp. contra rem p.)
    
  • a thing is illegal: aliquid contra legem est
    
  • to foster revolutionary projects: contra rem publicam sentire
    
  • to be guilty of high treason: contra rem publicam facere
    
  • to conspire with some one: conspirare cum aliquo (contra aliquem)
    
  • against all law, human and divine: contra ius fasque
    
• contra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: con‧tra

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against

AntonymsEdit

• a favor
• em prol
• em favor
• em defesa

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French contre, Italian contra, Latin contra. Doublet of the inherited către.

PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against, versus

AdverbEdit

contra

1. against, opposed to, opposite
2. in exchange for

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkontɾa/, [ˈkõn̪t̪ɾa]

• Audio (Latin America)

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PrepositionEdit

contra

1. against, versus

   la lucha contra el prejuicio

   the fight against prejudice

SynonymsEdit

• en oposición a

AntonymsEdit

• a favor de

Derived termsEdit

• contrarreforma
• contrarrevolucionario

• contratapa
• contraventana

• en contra de

Related termsEdit

• contrario
• encontrar

DescendantsEdit

• Hiligaynon: kontra
• Tagalog: kontra

NounEdit

contra m (plural contras)

1. con (disadvantage)

   Antonym: pro

AdverbEdit

contra

1. opposite, facing

SynonymsEdit

• en oposición a

AntonymsEdit

• a favor de

Further readingEdit

• “contra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

AnagramsEdit

• cantor
• cartón

• contar
• cortan
• cratón

• tranco
• tronca