different between kera vs contact

Basque

Noun

kera

1. allative singular of ke

Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?e?a?/

Noun

kera

1. hand

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kera/
• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

kera (accusative singular keran, plural keraj, accusative plural kerajn)

1. (card games) of the suit of hearts (?).

Related terms

• kero

Estonian

Etymology

Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kier?.

Noun

kera (genitive kera, partitive kera)

1. ball, sphere

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Shortening of keralla. Cognate with Ingrian kera, Karelian kera and Votic kera.

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

1. with

   Synonym: kanssa

   Antonym: ilman

Anagrams

• Kare, kare

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

kera

1. basket

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kera.

Noun

kera (first-person possessive keraku, second-person possessive keramu, third-person possessive keranya)

1. A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail; ape.
2. crab-eating macaque

Ingrian

Etymology

From kerraal, adessive of kerta (“occasion”). Akin to Finnish kera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kera/

Postposition

kera (+ genitive)

1. together with

References

• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[1]

Japanese

Romanization

kera

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ???
• Roman: kêra

Adjective

kera (ngoko kuru, krama kera)

1. (polite) skinny

Kapampangan

Noun

ker?

1. lying down,
2. time of going to bed

Verb

ker?

1. To lie down.

Malay

Noun

kera (Jawi spelling ????, plural kera-kera, informal 1st possessive keraku, impolite 2nd possessive keramu, 3rd possessive keranya)

1. monkey, especially the macaque

   Hypernym: monyet

Further reading

• “kera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.ra/

Etymology 1

From Arabic ???????? (?akr?).

Verb

kera (imperfect tikri, past participle mikri, verbal noun kiri)

1. to rent

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (kir??), feminised because of the final -a. Doublet of kiri.

Noun

kera f

1. rent

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Of Finno-Mordvinic origin. Cognate to Finnish kerä, Votic tšerä and Livonian kier?.

Noun

kera

1. ball, clew (of yarn)
2. cabbage

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????, ?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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