Etymology
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Coined in the 20th century from contra- + conceptive; compare the related contraception.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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contraceptive (comparative more contraceptive, superlative most contraceptive)
- That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.
She was careful to take her contraceptive pill at the same time every day.
1994, P. F. A. Van Look, Gregorio Pérez-Palacios, World Health Organization, Contraceptive Research and Development, 1984-1994: The Road from Mexico City to Cairo and Beyond:This has led to the selection of 4-guanidinobenzoates with either acetamenophen or ethylparaben as the phenol moiety for clinical evaluation, because they are orders of magnitude more contraceptive than nonoxynol-9 and less irritating to the vagina.
Derived terms
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Translations
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that acts to prevent conception
- Belarusian: супрацьзача́ткавы (supracʹzačátkavy), процізача́ткавы (procizačátkavy), процізапладня́льны (procizapladnjálʹny), кантрацэпты́ўны (kantraceptýŭny)
- Bulgarian: противозача́тъчен (protivozačátǎčen), контрацепти́вен (kontraceptíven)
- Catalan: anticonceptiu (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 避孕的 (zh) (bìyùn de)
- Czech: antikoncepční (cs)
- Esperanto: kontraŭkoncipa
- Finnish: ehkäisy- (fi)
- French: contraceptif (fr)
- German: empfängnisverhütend, kontrazeptiv
- Greek: αντισυλληπτικό (el) n (antisylliptikó)
- Hebrew: אֶמְצָעִי מְנִיעָה (he) m (emtsa'í meni'á)
- Hungarian: fogamzásgátló (hu)
- Italian: contraccettivo (it)
- Japanese: 避妊の (ja) (ひにんの, hinin no)
- Korean: 피임의 (ko) (piimui)
- Maori: ārai hapū
- Norman: contraceptif
- Persian: ضد بارداری (zedd-e bârdâri)
- Polish: przeciwciążowy (pl), antykoncepcyjny (pl)
- Portuguese: contraceptivo (pt) (Brazil), contracetivo (Portugal), anticoncepcional (pt) (Brazil), anticoncecional (Portugal)
- Romanian: contraceptiv m or n, anticoncepțional (ro) m or n
- Russian: противозача́точный (ru) (protivozačátočnyj), контрацепти́вный (ru) (kontraceptívnyj)
- Spanish: anticonceptivo (es), contraceptivo
- Swedish: p-
- Ukrainian: протизаплі́дний (protyzaplídnyj), контрацепти́вний (kontraceptývnyj)
- Urdu: مانع حمل (māne-e-hamaa)
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contraceptive (plural contraceptives)
- A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.
Putting a pig's bladder over one's penis before intercourse is not a good contraceptive.
2004, Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use, 2nd edition, World Health Organization:The document covers the following family planning methods: combined oral contraceptives (COCs), combined injectable contraceptives (CICs), progestogen-only pills (POPs), depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), norethisterone enantate (NET-EN), levonorgestrel implants, emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), copper-bearing interuterine devices, levonorgestrel-releasing interuterine devices (LNG IUDs), fertility awareness-based methods, and sterilization.
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means by which impregnating a woman can be prevented
- Belarusian: супрацьзача́ткавы сро́дак m (supracʹzačátkavy sródak), кантрацэпты́ў m (kantraceptýŭ)
- Bulgarian: противозача́тъчно (bg) n (protivozačátǎčno)
- Catalan: anticonceptiu (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 避孕藥/避孕药 (zh) (bìyùnyào), 避孕用具 (bìyùn yòngjù)
- Czech: antikoncepce (cs) f
- Dutch: voorbehoedmiddel (nl) n, voorbehoedsmiddel (nl) n
- Esperanto: kontraŭkoncipilo
- Finnish: ehkäisyväline (fi)
- French: contraceptif (fr) m
- German: Kontrazeptivum (de) n (1), Empfängnisverhütungsmittel n (1), Verhütungsmittel (de) n
- Greek: αντισυλληπτικό (el) n (antisylliptikó)
- Hebrew: אֶמְצָעִי מְנִיעָה (he) m (emtsa'í meni'á)
- Hungarian: fogamzásgátló (hu)
- Japanese: 避妊薬 (ja) (ひにんやく, hinin'yaku)
- Korean: 피임약 (ko) (piimyak)
- Latin: atocium n
- Maori: ārai hapū
- Persian: ضد بارداری (zedd-e bârdâri)
- Polish: środek antykoncepcyjny (pl) m
- Portuguese: contraceptivo (pt) m (Brazil), contracetivo m (Portugal), anticoncepcional (pt) m (Brazil), anticoncecional m (Portugal)
- Romanian: contraceptiv n
- Russian: контрацепти́в (ru) m (kontraceptív), противозача́точное сре́дство n (protivozačátočnoje srédstvo), противозача́точное (ru) n (protivozačátočnoje)
- Scottish Gaelic: casg-gineamhainn m
- Spanish: anticonceptivo (es) m, contraceptivo
- Swedish: preventivmedel (sv) n
- Tagalog: panlabanlihi, pang-agaw-lihi
- Ukrainian: протизаплі́дний за́сіб m (protyzaplídnyj zásib), контрацепти́в m (kontraceptýv)
- Urdu: مانع حمل (māne-e-hamal)
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