contrapposto

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian contrapposto, past participle of contrapporre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɒntɹəˈpɒstəʊ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

contrapposto (countable and uncountable, plural contrapposto or contrapposti)

  1. (art) The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders. [from 20th c.]
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      The contrapposto flexes one buttock and relaxes the other.

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From contra- +‎ posto.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kon.trapˈpo.sto/, /kon.trapˈpɔ.sto/[1]
  • Rhymes: -osto, -ɔsto
  • Hyphenation: con‧trap‧pó‧sto, con‧trap‧pò‧sto

Participle[edit]

contrapposto (feminine contrapposta, masculine plural contrapposti, feminine plural contrapposte)

  1. past participle of contrapporre

Adjective[edit]

contrapposto (feminine contrapposta, masculine plural contrapposti, feminine plural contrapposte)

  1. contrasting
  2. opposing, opposed

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: contrapposto
  • → German: Kontrapost

References[edit]

  1. ^ posto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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