contre

From Middle French contre, from Old French contre, from Latin contra.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃tʁ/

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contre

1. against (in physical contact with)

   La paille est contre la maison

   the straw is against the house

   Elle s'appuie contre le mur.

   She's pushing against the wall.

2. against (not in favor of)

   Les citoyens sont pour, mais les hommes politiques sont contre.

   The citizens are for, but the politicians are against.

3. against (having as an opponent)

   Ce soir: Lille contre Marseille en direct.

   Tonight: Lille against Marseille live.

4. as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with)
5. in exchange for

   10% des hommes ont eu plus de cent partenaires sexuels, contre 5% seulement des femmes.

   10 percent of all men have had more than a hundred sexual partners, as against 5 percent of all women.

• contrer

contre

1. first-person singular present indicative of contrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of contrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of contrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of contrer
5. second-person singular imperative of contrer

contre m (plural contres)

1. (bridge) double

• “contre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• conter
• cornet

• contrey, contree, cuntrei, contrey, contray, cuntray, contreie, cuntre, contraye, contreye

Borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrata.

• IPA^(key): /kuntˈreː(ə)/, /kuntˈrɛi̯/

contre (plural contrees)

1. region, area
2. A political division, including:
   1. On a national level: a nation, country, land, or territory
   2. On a regional level: a district, state, or province
   3. On a local level: city, town, settlement, or parish
3. homeland, fatherland
4. country, countryside (as opposed to the city)
5. The people of a region, country, or province; the local people.

• English: country
• Scots: kintra

• “cǒntrẹ̄(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

From Old French contre.

contre

1. against; opposing

• French: contre

• cuntre (Northern, Anglo-Norman or early Old French)
• countre (late Anglo-Norman)

From Latin contra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkõn.trə/

contre

1. against

contre

1. against

• Middle French: contre
  • French: contre

• conter