contre- meaning in English
| French | English |
|---|---|
| contre-surveillance nom {f} | countersurveillance◼◼◼(the art of evading surveillance) |
| contre-torpilleur [Canada] nom {m} | destroyer [destroyers]◼◼◼(type of warship) |
| contre tout pronostic preposition | against all odds(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
| contre toute attente preposition | against all odds◼◼◼(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
| contre-utopie nom {f} | dystopia [dystopias]◼◼◼(vision of a future) |
| contre-utopique adjectif | dystopian◼◼◼(pertaining to a dystopia) |
| contre-utopiste adjectif | dystopian(pertaining to a dystopia) |
| contre vents et marées preposition | against all odds◼◼◼(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
| contre adverbe | counter◼◼◼(contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction) |
| contre preposition | versus◼◼◼(in opposition to) to◼◻◻(used to indicate ratios) against(close to) against(in a contrary direction to) against(in competition with) against(in opposition to) against(in physical contact with) with(against) |
| contre nom {m} | con [cons]◼◼◻(disadvantage of something) |
| contrebalancer verbe | offset [offsetted, offset, offsetting, offsets]◼◼◼(to compensate for something) counterbalance◼◼◻(to apply weight in order to balance) |
| contrebande nom {f} | contraband◼◼◼(goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods) |
| contrebander verbe | smuggle [smuggled, smuggling, smuggles]◼◼◼(to import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties) |
| contrebandier nom {m} | smuggler [smugglers]◼◼◼(One who smuggles things) |
| contrebandière nom {f} | smuggler [smugglers]◼◼◼(One who smuggles things) |
| contrebasse nom {f} | double bass◼◼◼(largest instrument of violin family) |
| contrebasse nom | contrabass◼◼◼(part or section one octave lower than bass) |
| contrebassine nom {f} | gutbucket◼◼◼(washtub bass) washtub bass◼◻◻(musical instrument) |
| contrebasson nom | contrabassoon◼◼◼noun |
| contrecarrer verbe | thwart [thwarted, thwarting, thwarts]◼◼◼(to prevent; to halt; to cause failure) defeat [defeated, defeating, defeats]◼◼◻(to reduce, to nothing, the strength of) cross [crossed, crossing, crosses]◼◻◻(contradict or frustrate the plans of) |
| contrechamp nom {m} | reverse shot◼◼◼(shot of character looking back) |
| contrecoup nom {m} | aftermath◼◼◼(that which happens after, that which follows) reverberation [reverberations](violent oscillation or vibration) |
| contreculture nom {f} | counterculture [countercultures]◼◼◼(any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture) |
| contredire verbe | contradict [contradicted, contradicting, contradicts]◼◼◼(deny the truth of (a statement or statements)) contradict [contradicted, contradicting, contradicts]◼◼◼(deny the truth of statements made by (a person)) gainsay [gainsaid, gainsaying, gainsays]◼◻◻(to contradict something said) impugn [impugned, impugning, impugns]◼◻◻(A rejoinder using a false equivalence; to imply using a disingenuous argument while arguing against an opinion, motive, or action) |
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