See also: Kontra, kontra-, and kontrą

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Noun

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kontra (plural kontras)

  1. Synonym of bugarija
  2. (music) A large instrument, similar to a viola but with three strings and a flat bridge, originating in the traditional music of Transylvania.
  3. (music) The harmonic and rhythmic part of certain Hungarian folk music, as opposed to the melodic part.

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From the Latin contra (against).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkontrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kon‧tra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

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kontra (plural kontrák)

  1. (card games) double
  2. (music) accompaniment in gypsy band
  3. coaster brake
  4. cons
    pró és kontrapros and cons
  5. (sports) counter

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kontra kontrák
accusative kontrát kontrákat
dative kontrának kontráknak
instrumental kontrával kontrákkal
causal-final kontráért kontrákért
translative kontrává kontrákká
terminative kontráig kontrákig
essive-formal kontraként kontrákként
essive-modal
inessive kontrában kontrákban
superessive kontrán kontrákon
adessive kontránál kontráknál
illative kontrába kontrákba
sublative kontrára kontrákra
allative kontrához kontrákhoz
elative kontrából kontrákból
delative kontráról kontrákról
ablative kontrától kontráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kontráé kontráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kontráéi kontrákéi
Possessive forms of kontra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kontrám kontráim
2nd person sing. kontrád kontráid
3rd person sing. kontrája kontrái
1st person plural kontránk kontráink
2nd person plural kontrátok kontráitok
3rd person plural kontrájuk kontráik

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Adverb

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kontra

  1. versus

Further reading

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  • kontra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Latin contrā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/
  • Rhymes: -tra
  • Hyphenation: kon‧tra

Preposition

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kontra

  1. contra (against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to)

Adjective

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kontra

  1. contra (against; contrary or opposed; in opposition or contrast)

Noun

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kontra

  1. contra
    1. any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
    2. a hint for a lower range sound than written, usually an octave lowe

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sicilian contra and/or Italian contra, both from Latin contra.

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kontra

  1. against

Inflection

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  • The personal forms may also be formed analytically by adding forms of ta’, thus for example kontrija or kontra tiegħi (against me).
Inflected forms of kontra
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person kontrija kontrina
2nd person kontrik kontrikom
3rd person kontrih kontriha kontrihom

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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from Spanish contra.

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kontra

  1. against

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin contrā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔntra
  • Syllabification: kon‧tra

Noun

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kontra f

  1. counterblow, counterpunch
  2. (sports) counter-attack
    Synonym: kontratak
  3. (bridge) double

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kontra

  1. contra
    Synonyms: przeciw, przeciwko

Further reading

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  • kontra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kontra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From the Latin contra (against).

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kȍntra (Cyrillic spelling ко̏нтра)

  1. (dialectal-Dalmatia) against
    Synonym: protiv
    ništa kontra Splitanothing against Split

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Latin contra.

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kontra

  1. versus, contra
    Hur mycket bör man fokusera på kebabsåsens krämighet kontra annat?
    How much should you focus on the creaminess of the kebab sauce versus other things?

Verb

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kontra (present kontrar, preterite kontrade, supine kontrat, imperative kontra)

  1. to counter-attack

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish contra.

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kontra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. against, anti-
    Synonyms: laban sa, salungat sa
    bakuna kontra tigdasanti-measles vaccine

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kontra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. opposed; running against
    Synonyms: laban, tutol, salungat, kasalungat

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kontra (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇ)

  1. opposite; contrary
    Synonyms: kasalungat, kalaban
  2. negative side; con (of a debate)
    Synonyms: tutol, laban, salungat
  3. opposition; contradiction
    Synonyms: pagsalungat, pagkontra, pagtutol
  4. remedy
    Synonyms: lunas, gamot

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