contra

  • 21contra — ● contra nom masculin Guérillero hostile au régime socialiste mis en place après la chute du gouvernement Somoza, au Nicaragua. ● contra (homonymes) nom masculin contrat nom masculin …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 22contra- — [kɔntrə US ka:n ] prefix [: Latin; Origin: contra against, opposite ] acting against something, or opposite to something ▪ contraceptive devices (=against conception) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23contra- — Elemento compositivo prefijo que denota oposición o contraposición: contracultura, contraejemplo, contraespionaje; o superposición: contraventana, contrachapado. Unido a sustantivos que denotan rango o categoría, implica un rango o categoría… …

    Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • 24contra — mid 14c., from L. contra (prep. and adv.) against, originally in comparison with, ablative singular feminine of *com teros, from Old L. com with, together (see COM (Cf. com )) + tr, zero degree of the comp. suffix ter …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 25contra- — ► PREFIX 1) against; opposite: contraception. 2) (of musical instruments or organ stops) pitched an octave below: contrabass. ORIGIN Latin contra against …

    English terms dictionary

  • 26contra- — [kän′trə] [< L contra, against < OL * com tro ( < com , COM + * tero , compar. suffix); designating assoc. of two (opposites)] prefix 1. against, opposite, opposed to, contrary [contradict, contraceptive] 2. lower in musical pitch or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 27Contra — Con tra A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. {Counter}, adv. & pref. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28contra — лат. (контра) против. Толковый словарь иностранных слов Л. П. Крысина. М: Русский язык, 1998 …

    Словарь иностранных слов русского языка

  • 29Contra — (lat. u. ital.), gegen, entgegengesetzt, gegenüber, in Zusammensetzung sehr häufig; vgl. Kontra …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 30Contra — (lat.), gegen, gegenüberliegend. In Zusammensetzungen s. Kontra …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon