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contrariante

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin contrāriantem, form of contrāriāns, present active participle of contrāriō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kon.traˈrjan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧riàn‧te

Participle

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contrariante (plural contrarianti)

  1. present participle of contrariare

Adjective

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contrariante (plural contrarianti)

  1. irritating
    Synonym: irritante
  2. (heraldry) counterchanged
  3. (linguistics) denoting opposition or contrariety (of prefixes)
    In italiano, anti- è un prefisso contrariante.In Italian, anti- is an oppositional prefix.

Further reading

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  • contrariante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Noun

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contrariante m or f by sense (plural contrariantes)

  1. contrarian