kontra-

See also: kontra and Kontra

Danish

Prefix

kontra-

  1. counter-
    intuitiv -> kontraintuitiv
    anke -> kontraanke

Derived terms
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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔntʁa/

Prefix

kontra-

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

Derived terms
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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
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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

Swedish

Prefix

kontra-

  1. contra-, counter-; making an opposite

Derived terms
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