kontra-

See also: kontra, Kontra, and kontrą

DanishEdit

PrefixEdit

kontra-

  1. counter-
    kontra- + ‎intuitiv → ‎kontraintuitiv
    kontra- + ‎anke → ‎kontraanke

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin contrā.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔntʁa/
  • (file)

PrefixEdit

kontra-

  1. counter- (in opposition to)
  2. double (in music, of an instrument, sounding an octave lower)

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra (against).[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkontrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kont‧ra

PrefixEdit

kontra-

  1. (sciences) contra-, counter-
  2. against (an opposite direction)
  3. (music) contra- (a deeper voice, both human and instrument)

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra (against).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔntra]
  • Hyphenation: kon‧tra

PrefixEdit

kontra-

  1. contra-, counter-: against; in opposition to.
    Antonym: hiper-

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Further readingEdit

PolishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin contra.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

kontra-

  1. counter-
    kontra- + ‎pas → ‎kontrapas
    Synonyms: anty-, przeciw-

Derived termsEdit

Category Polish terms prefixed with kontra- not found

Further readingEdit

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

SwedishEdit

PrefixEdit

kontra-

  1. contra-, counter-; making an opposite

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