contre
Old French
/ˈkon.trə/
preposition
Definitions
- against
Etymology
Inherited from Latin contra (against, opposite, in return, back).
Origin
Latin
contra
Gloss
against, opposite, in return, back
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
後, 背
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- contra English
- contra- English
- contragredient English
- counter- English
- *contrata, *(terra) contrata Latin
- contra Latin
- contrarotulum Latin
- rotulus Latin
- kontra- Hungarian
- contra Italian
- contra- Italian
- contra- French
- contre French
- contra Spanish, Castilian
- contra- Spanish, Castilian
- contrarrestar Spanish, Castilian
- contra Portuguese
- contra- Portuguese
- counter- Middle English
- contree Old French
- contrepartie Old French
- contra Catalan, Valencian
- contra- Catalan, Valencian
- contra Galician
- către Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- contre Middle French
- contra Occitan
- könter Westrobothnian
- *komterād Proto-Italic
- contra Asturian
- cuintri Friulian
- contra Ladin