different between contact vs contingent

English

Etymology

From Latin contactus, from conting? (“I touch on all sides”), from tang? (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (noun):

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/

• (verb):

  (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/

  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?ntækt/, /k?n?tækt/

• Rhymes: -ækt

Noun

contact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)

1. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
2. The establishment of communication (with).
3. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

4. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.

5. (informal) A contact lens.
6. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
7. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.

8. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

contact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)

1. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.

   The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

2. (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone

   I am trying to contact my sister.

Usage notes

• The use of contact as a verb is occasionally discountenanced. Nonetheless, its usefulness and popularity have - at least to some extent - worn down resistance.

Translations

References

Dutch

Alternative forms

• kontakt (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?tact
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

contact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)

1. physical contact
2. contact (close association)
3. contact (communication, exchange)
4. contact (someone with whom communication has been established)

Derived terms

Related terms

• contacteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kontak
• ? Indonesian: kontak
• ? West Frisian: kontakt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contactus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.takt/

Noun

contact m (plural contacts)

1. (physical) contact; contact (with another person)
2. contact (person that one knows)
3. rapport

Further reading

• “contact” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French contact

Noun

contact n (plural contacte)

1. contact

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French contingent, from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?n.d??nt/

Noun

contingent (plural contingents)

1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future.

   Synonym: contingency

2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.

   Synonym: proportion

3. (military) A quota of troops.
   • 2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November 2014:

     Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.

Translations

Adjective

contingent (comparative more contingent, superlative most contingent)

1. Possible or liable, but not certain to occur.

   Synonyms: incidental, casual

   Antonyms: certain, inevitable, necessary, impossible

2. (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.

   Synonyms: conditional; see also Thesaurus:conditional
3. Dependent on something that may or may not occur.

4. Not logically necessarily true or false.
5. Temporary.

Translations

Derived terms

• contingentism
• contingentness

Related terms

• contact
• contingence
• contingency
• contingent claim

Further reading

• contingent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• contingent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• contingent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• contenting

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin conting?ns.

Adjective

contingent (masculine and feminine plural contingents)

1. contingent

Noun

contingent m (plural contingents)

1. contingent

Related terms

• contingència

Further reading

• “contingent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “contingent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “contingent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “contingent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin conting?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.t??.???/

Adjective

contingent (feminine singular contingente, masculine plural contingents, feminine plural contingentes)

1. contingent

Related terms

• contingence

Noun

contingent m (plural contingents)

1. quota
2. contingent

Further reading

• “contingent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

contingent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of conting?

Romanian

Etymology

From French contingent, from Latin contingens.

Adjective

contingent m or n (feminine singular contingent?, masculine plural contingen?i, feminine and neuter plural contingente)

1. contingent

Declension