Noun: contraire
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | contraire |
| Plural m | contraires |
Sample Sentences
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noir est le contraire de blanc (black is the opposite of white)
Nouns inflected like contraire
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contrārius. See contre and -aire. See: Latin Nouns '
contrārius'.
Verbs referencing "contraire"
English Nouns
contrary.
Translations