kontra

See also: Kontra, kontra-, and kontrą

English

Noun

kontra (plural kontras)

1. Synonym of bugarija
2. (music) A large instrument, similar to a viola but with three strings and a flat bridge, originating in the traditional music of Transylvania.
3. (music) The harmonic and rhythmic part of certain Hungarian folk music, as opposed to the melodic part.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Anagrams

• Kantor

Hungarian

Etymology

From the Latin contra (“against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkontrɒ]
• Hyphenation: kon‧tra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

kontra (plural kontrák)

1. (card games) double
2. (music) accompaniment in gypsy band
3. coaster brake
4. cons

   pró és kontra ― pros and cons

5. (sports) counter

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kontra	kontrák
accusative	kontrát	kontrákat
dative	kontrának	kontráknak
instrumental	kontrával	kontrákkal
causal-final	kontráért	kontrákért
translative	kontrává	kontrákká
terminative	kontráig	kontrákig
essive-formal	kontraként	kontrákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kontrában	kontrákban
superessive	kontrán	kontrákon
adessive	kontránál	kontráknál
illative	kontrába	kontrákba
sublative	kontrára	kontrákra
allative	kontrához	kontrákhoz
elative	kontrából	kontrákból
delative	kontráról	kontrákról
ablative	kontrától	kontráktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kontráé	kontráké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kontráéi	kontrákéi

Possessive forms of kontra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kontrám	kontráim
2nd person sing.	kontrád	kontráid
3rd person sing.	kontrája	kontrái
1st person plural	kontránk	kontráink
2nd person plural	kontrátok	kontráitok
3rd person plural	kontrájuk	kontráik

Derived terms

• kontrás

 

Adverb

kontra

1. versus

Further reading

• kontra in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian contra and/or Italian contra, both from Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/

Preposition

kontra

1. against

Inflection

• The personal forms may also be formed analytically by adding forms of ta’, thus for example kontrija or kontra tiegħi (“against me”).

Inflected forms of kontra
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		kontrija		kontrina
2nd person		kontrik		kontrikom
3rd person		kontrih	kontriha	kontrihom

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔn.tra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔntra
• Syllabification: kon‧tra

Noun

kontra f

1. counterblow, counterpunch
2. (sports) counter-attack

   Synonym: kontratak

3. (bridge) double

Declension

Declension of kontra

	singular	plural
nominative	kontra	kontry
genitive	kontry	kontr
dative	kontrze	kontrom
accusative	kontrę	kontry
instrumental	kontrą	kontrami
locative	kontrze	kontrach
vocative	kontro	kontry

Derived terms

verbs

• kontrować
• skontrować

 

Related terms

prefix

• kontr-

 

Preposition

kontra

1. contra

   Synonyms: przeciw, przeciwko

Further reading

• kontra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kontra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From the Latin contra (“against”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôntra/

Preposition

kȍntra (Cyrillic spelling ко̏нтра)

1. (dialectal-Dalmatia) against

   ništa kontra Splita ― nothing against Split

Synonyms

• protiv

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin contra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔntra/

Verb

kontra (present kontrar, preterite kontrade, supine kontrat, imperative kontra)

1. to counter-attack

Conjugation

Conjugation of kontra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kontra		kontras
Supine	kontrat		kontrats
Imperative	kontra		—
Imper. plural1	kontren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kontrar	kontrade	kontras	kontrades
Ind. plural1	kontra	kontrade	kontras	kontrades
Subjunctive2	kontre	kontrade	kontres	kontrades
	Participles
Present participle	kontrande
Past participle	kontrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kontring

Related terms

• kontra-

Anagrams

• torkan

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish contra.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kon‧tra
• IPA^(key): /ˈkontɾa/, [ˈkon.tɾɐ]

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

kontra

1. against, anti-

   Synonym: laban sa

   Bakuna kontra tigdas

   Anti-measles vaccine

Derived terms

• kontra sa
• kontrahin
• kumontra