opposicioun
Middle English
/ɔpɔːziˈsjuːn/
noun
Definitions
- {Astronomical opposition; the state where two heavenly objects appear to oppose.
- (rare) An opposing or contrasting position or belief.
- (rare) An opposing or opposite position or place.
- (rare) An opposing or opposed quality or ideal.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French oposicion derived from Latin oppositiō.
Origin
Latin
oppositiō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiopposition English
- counteropposition English
- nonopposition English
- opposition English
- oppositional English
- oppositionism English
- oppositionist English
- reopposition English
- oppositio Finnish
- oppositio Latin
- oppositiō Latin
- oppōnō Latin
- Opposition German
- opposizione Italian
- opposition French
- oposición Spanish, Castilian
- oposicion Old French
- oposició Catalan, Valencian
- oposición Galician
- oposisyon Cebuano
- opposicie Middle Dutch
- opozīcija Latvian
- oposicion Occitan