contraire
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]contraire (comparative more contraire, superlative most contraire)
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin contrārius. See contre and -aire.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]contraire (plural contraires)
- opposite
- contradictory
- hostile, unfavourable
- 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 2, scene 3:
- Près d’épouser la sœur qu’il faut tuer le frère / Et que pour mon pays j’ai le Sort si contraire
- While about to wed the sister, that I must slay her brother / And that for my country, I face such an unfortunate fate
Noun
[edit]contraire m (plural contraires)
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[edit]- ^ “contraire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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