contraとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒntɹə/

前置詞

contra

1. against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to

同意語

• against, anti

反意語

• for, pro

関連する語

副詞

contra (comparative more contra, superlative most contra)

1. contrary to something
   • 1893 November 30, “The W.C.T.U. Convention. Interesting Reports Considered in Relation to the Several Departments of the Work. Suggested Lines of Development—Programme for the Closing Day.”, in The Daily Colonist, volume LXX, number 148, Victoria, B.C., page 3, column 1:

     […] it is useless to pray “Thy kingdom come” and vote contra or stay away from the polls; […]

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:contrarily

名詞

contra (複数形 contras)

1. (business) A deal to swap goods or services.
2. (politics, derogatory) A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
3. (accounting, often attributive) An entry (または account) that cancels another entry (または account).

   Synonym: counterentry

   a contra position; a contra entry

   The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.

4. (music, informal) Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
5. (dance) A contra dance.
6. (obsolete, US, New England, dance) A country dance.
   • 2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 232:

     Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances.

動詞

contra (三人称単数 現在形 contras, no 現在分詞, no 過去形 または 過去分詞)

1. (accounting) To undo; to reverse.

   to contra a position (an entry)

アナグラム

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon

Latin

語源

From Proto-Italic *komterād, ablative singular feminine of *komteros (“the other of the two who meet, opposite”). The ablative singular masculine/neuter of the same is continued in Latin contrō-, cognate to Oscan contrud. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱómteros, from *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”) +‎ *-teros (contrastive suffix); thus, a doublet of cum, comparable to the relation between intrā and in, and extrā and ex, but unlike these lacking external cognates, and therefore of Italic origin.^[1]

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.traː/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪räː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.tra/, [ˈkɔn̪t̪rä]

副詞

contrā (not comparable)

1. against
2. opposite to
3. contrary to
4. otherwise
5. in return, back

前置詞

contrā (+ accusative)

1. against
2. across from, opposite

派生語

• contrārius

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “contra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius かつ others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• contra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to contradict some one: dicere contra aliquem or aliquid (not contradicere alicui)
    
  • it is a breach of duty to..: contra officium est c. Inf.
    
  • for the advantage of the state; in the interests of the state: e re publica (opp. contra rem p.)
    
  • a thing is illegal: aliquid contra legem est
    
  • to foster revolutionary projects: contra rem publicam sentire
    
  • to be guilty of high treason: contra rem publicam facere
    
  • to conspire with some one: conspirare cum aliquo (contra aliquem)
    
  • against all law, human and divine: contra ius fasque
    
• contra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

接頭辞

contra-

1. against

   Synonym: counter-

派生語

アナグラム

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon