kontra-

See also: kontra, Kontra, and kontrą

Danish

Prefix

kontra-

  1. counter-
    ‎kontra- + ‎intuitiv → ‎kontraintuitiv
    ‎kontra- + ‎anke → ‎kontraanke

Derived terms
Danish terms prefixed with kontra-

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔntʁa/
  • Audio(file)

Prefix

kontra-

  1. counter- (in opposition to)
  2. double (in music, of an instrument, sounding an octave lower)

Derived terms
German terms prefixed with kontra-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin contra (“against”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkontrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: kont‧ra

Prefix

kontra-

  1. (sciences) contra-, counter-
  2. against (an opposite direction)
  3. (music) contra- (a deeper voice, both human and instrument)

Derived terms
Hungarian nouns prefixed with kontra-

See also
  • Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

References
  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin contra (“against”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔntra]
  • Hyphenation: kon‧tra

Prefix

kontra-

  1. contra-, counter-: against; in opposition to.
    Antonym: hiper-

Derived terms
Indonesian terms prefixed with kontra-

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/

Prefix

kontra-

  1. counter-
    Synonyms: anty-, przeciw-
    ‎kontra- + ‎pas → ‎kontrapas

Derived terms
Category Polish terms prefixed with kontra- not found

Further reading
  • kontra- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Prefix

kontra-

  1. contra-, counter-; making an opposite

Derived terms
Swedish terms prefixed with kontra-

Anagrams
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