different between contra vs anticontra
contra
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin contr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?nt??/
Preposition
contra
- against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to
Synonyms
- against, anti
Antonyms
- for, pro
Translations
Adverb
contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)
- contrary to something
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:contrarily
Translations
Noun
contra (plural contras)
- (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
- (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
- (accounting) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
- (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
- (dance) A contra dance.
- (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
- 2001, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 232.
- Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances.
- 2001, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 232.
Translations
Verb
contra (third-person singular simple present contras, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)
- (accounting) To undo; to reverse.
Translations
Anagrams
- Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin contr?.
Preposition
contra
- against
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin contr?.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?k?n.t??/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?kon.t?a/
Adverb
contra
- against
Noun
contra m (plural contres)
- con (disadvantage)
- Antonym: pro
Related terms
- contra-
- contrari
Further reading
- “contra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “contra” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “contra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “contra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dalmatian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
contra
- against
References
- Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Finnish
Noun
contra
- Contra (anti-Sandinista fighter)
Declension
Synonyms
- contrasissi
French
Verb
contra
- third-person singular past historic of contrer
Anagrams
- carton
Galician
Etymology
From Latin contr?.
Preposition
contra
- against
Noun
contra f (plural contras)
- (usually in the plural) shutter
Further reading
- “contra” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kon.tra/
- Hyphenation: cón?tra
- Rhymes: -ontra
Etymology 1
From Latin contr?.
Adverb
contra
Preposition
contra
- Obsolete form of contro.
See also
- contrapposto
Etymology 2
Inflected form of contrare
Verb
contra
- third-person singular present indicative of contrare
- second-person singular imperative of contrare
Anagrams
- tronca
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin contr?.
Preposition
contra
- against
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *komter?d, abl.sg.f. of *komteros (“the other of the two who meet, opposite”). The abl.sg.m./n. of the same is continued in Latin contr?-, cognate to Oscan contrud. Ultimately a suffixed form of Latin cum, Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“next to, at, with, along”), like intr? from in, extr? from ex, but unlike these lacking external cognates, and therefore of Italic origin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?kon.tra?/, [?k?n?t??ä?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?kon.tra/, [?k?n?t???]
Adverb
contr? (not comparable)
- against
- opposite to
- contrary to
- otherwise
- in return, back
Preposition
contr? (+ accusative)
- against
- across from, opposite
Derived terms
- contr?rius
Descendants
References
Further reading
- contra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- contra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- contra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin contra.
Preposition
contra
- against
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin contr?.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /?kõ.t??/
- Hyphenation: con?tra
Preposition
contra
- against
Antonyms
- a favor
- em prol
- em favor
- em defesa
Further reading
- “contra” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French contre, Italian contra, Latin contr?. Doublet of the inherited c?tre.
Preposition
contra
- against, versus
Adverb
contra
- against, opposed to, opposite
- in exchange for
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin contr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kont?a/, [?kõn?.t??a]
Preposition
contra
- against, versus
- Synonym: en oposición a
- Antonym: a favor de
Derived terms
Related terms
- contrario
- encontrar
Descendants
- Hiligaynon: kontra
- Tagalog: kontra
Noun
contra m (plural contras)
- con (disadvantage)
- Antonym: pro
Noun
contra f (plural contras)
- antidote
- counterpunch
Adverb
contra
- opposite, facing
- Synonym: en oposición a
- Antonym: a favor de
Further reading
- “contra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Anagrams
contra From the web:
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- what contracts must be in writing
- what contrast mean
- what contrasts with green
- what contraceptive methods are the most effective
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- what contracts during labor
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anticontra
English
Etymology
anti- +? contra
Adjective
anticontra (not comparable)
- (1980s, now chiefly historical) Opposed to the Nicaraguan Contras, right-wing paramilitaries fighting the Sandinista regime.
Anagrams
- incantator
anticontra From the web:
- antenuptial contract
- what is anti contraceptive
- what is anti contraband
- what is anti contrast
- how much does an antenuptial contract cost
- how much is an antenuptial contract
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