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kontra-

See also: kontra, Kontra, and kontrą

Danish

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Prefix

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kontra-

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

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Danish terms prefixed with kontra-
kontraintuitiv

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin contrā.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔntʁa/
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kontra-

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

Derived terms

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German terms prefixed with kontra-
kontrafaktisch
Kontraindikation
kontraindiziert
kontraproduktiv

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Latin contra (“against”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

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kontra-

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

Derived terms

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Hungarian nouns prefixed with kontra-
kontrafék

References

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  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

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Latin contra (“against”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

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kontra-

  1. contra- (against; in opposition to)

Derived terms

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Indonesian terms prefixed with kontra-
kontradiksi
kontraprestasi
kontraproduktif
kontra revolusi
kontraspionase

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Further reading

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔn.tra/
  • Rhymes: -ɔntra
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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kontra-

  1. Alternative form of kontr-

Derived terms

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Polish terms prefixed with kontra-
kontrasygnata

Further reading

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  • kontra- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Prefix

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kontra-

  1. contra-, counter-; making an opposite

Derived terms

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Swedish terms prefixed with kontra-
kontraalt
kontrabas
kontrafaktisk
kontraproduktiv
kontrarevolution
kontrarevolutionär
kontraspionage
kontraterrorism
kontravariant
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