Where the Romanian word “contrar” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 4 (prep.):
Din fr. contraire, lat. contrarius.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 1 (adj.):
Din fr. contraire, lat. contrarius.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (s.n.):
Din fr. contraire, lat. contrarius.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (adv.):
Din fr. contraire, lat. contrarius.
→ French · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French contraire
- In film dialogue
- 38 times per million words · number 1,635 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 85 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 0.0 13 201 15 16 - Swap in a synonym
- împotriva (Made in Romanian), opus (Made in Romanian), împotrivă (Made in Romanian), contra (French), potrivnic (Old Slavic)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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