contradictor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrādictor.

Noun

contradictor (plural contradictors)

1. Alternative form of contradicter
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:

     “That was in Casco,” his wife contradicted immediately. She spoke in the unmistakable tones of a veteran contradictor.

Latin

Etymology

From contrādīcō (“I speak against; contradict”), from contrā (“against”) + dīcō (“I say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.traːˈdik.tor/, [kɔn̪t̪räːˈd̪ɪkt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.traˈdik.tor/, [kon̪t̪räˈd̪ikt̪or]

Noun

contrādictor m (genitive contrādictōris); third declension

1. Someone who replies or objects; opponent.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	contrādictor	contrādictōrēs
Genitive	contrādictōris	contrādictōrum
Dative	contrādictōrī	contrādictōribus
Accusative	contrādictōrem	contrādictōrēs
Ablative	contrādictōre	contrādictōribus
Vocative	contrādictor	contrādictōrēs

Related terms

• contrādictiuncula
• contrādictiō
• contrādictrīx
• contrādictus
• contrādictōrius
• contrādīcibilis
• contrādīcēns
• contrādīcō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: contradictor
• French: contradicteur
• Italian: contradditore
• Portuguese: contraditor
• Romanian: contrazicător
• Spanish: contradictor

References

• “contradictor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contradictor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• contradictor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrādictor.

Adjective

contradictor (feminine contradictora, masculine plural contradictores, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradictory
   • 2015 July 31, “La ‘Colección Mexicana’ en Chile: una historia de solidaridad”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El espíritu contradictor, el uso de nuevos y variados ingredientes, texturas y colores para crear formas desafiantes, figuras inéditas o ambientes cotidianos pero redescubiertos, o el expresionismo abstracto como significado, fueron algunas de las aportaciones fundamentales de esta riada de pintores, por nacimiento o por elección, mexicanos.

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Noun

contradictor m (plural contradictores, feminine contradictora, feminine plural contradictoras)

1. contradicter

Related terms

• contradecir
• contradicción

 

Further reading

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