contra

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɹə/

Preposition

contra

1. against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to

Adverb

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

1. contrary to something

Noun

contra (plural contras)

1. (business) a deal to swap goods or services
2. (accounting) an entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account)

   • a contra position; a contra entry;

     The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.

3. (music, informal) any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass
4. (dance) A contra dance.
5. (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.

Verb

contra (third-person singular simple present contras, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (accounting) to undo; to reverse
   • to contra a position (an entry)

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Preposition

contra

1. against

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.tɾa/

Adverb

contra

1. against
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     Més endavant, va parlar contra la gent sense família

     But before, he spoke against people without family

Noun

contra m (plural contres)

1. con (disadvantage)

   Antonym: pro

Noun

contra

1. Contra (anti-Sandinista fighter)

Verb

contra

1. third-person singular past historic of contrer

Anagrams

• carton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkontra/, [ˈkon̪.t̪r̺ä]
• Hyphenation: cón‧tra

Etymology 1

From Latin contrā.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of contrare

Anagrams

• tronca

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Preposition

contra

1. against

Etymology

From Latin contrā from cum (older com), as in intrā from in, extrā from ex etc. Confer with the semantics of English with.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.traː/, [ˈkɔn.traː]

Adverb

contrā

1. against
2. opposite to
3. contrary to
4. otherwise
5. in return, back

Preposition

contrā (+ accusative)

1. against
2. across from, opposite

References

• 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)
    
  • it is a breach of duty to..: contra officium est c. Inf.
    
  • for the advantage of the state; in the interests of the state: e re publica (opp. contra rem p.)
    
  • a thing is illegal: aliquid contra legem est
    
  • to foster revolutionary projects: contra rem publicam sentire
    
  • to be guilty of high treason: contra rem publicam facere
    
  • to conspire with some one: conspirare cum aliquo (contra aliquem)
    
  • against all law, human and divine: contra ius fasque
    
• contra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: con‧tra

Preposition

contra

1. against

Etymology

Borrowed from French contre, Italian contra, Latin contra. Doublet of the inherited către.

Preposition

contra

1. against, versus

Adverb

contra

1. against, opposed to, opposite
2. in exchange for

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkontɾa/, [ˈkõn̪t̪ɾa]

• Audio (Latin America)

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Preposition

contra

1. against, versus

   la lucha contra el prejuicio

   the fight against prejudice

Noun

contra m (plural contras)

1. con (disadvantage)

   Antonym: pro

Adverb

contra

1. opposite, facing

Further reading

• “contra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams