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10,231 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

contraceptif: a contraceptive
contraception: contraception
contractant: contracting
contracter: to engage via a formal or informal contract; to contract; to contract a disease; to develop or acquire a bad habit; to reduce the volume or size; to reduce its own size
contractif: contractive
contractile: contractile
contractilité: contractility
contraction: contraction
contractualisation: contractualization
contractualiser: to contractualize
contractuel: contractual
contractuellement: contractually
contracture: contracture
contracture de Dupuytren: synonym of maladie de Dupuytren (“Dupuytren's contracture”)
contradicteur: opponent; contrarian
contradiction: contradiction
contradictoire: contradictory; adversarial; involving debate between opposing parties
contradictoirement: contradictorily; adversarially, in the presence of the parties
contrafactuel: counterfactual
contraignable: constrainable
contraignant: restrictive, limiting, constraining, onerous; binding
contraindre: to constrain; to compel; force
contraint: constrained
contrainte: constraint; requirement, demand; stress
contraire: opposite
contraire: opposite; contradictory; hostile, unfavourable
contrairement: contrarily, oppositely
contrairement à: unlike; as opposed to
contralto: contralto
contrapontiste: contrapuntist
contraposer: to counterpose; to apply a counterposition to
contraposition: contraposition
contraposée: contraposition
contrapuntique: counterpoint, contrapuntal
contrapuntiste: alternative spelling of contrapontiste
contrariant: annoying, irritating; antagonizing
contrarier: to thwart; to upset; to stand in the way of
contrarié: upset; annoyed, irritated; thwarted
contrariété: vexation, irritation; contrast, contrariety
contrarotatif: counterrotating
contraste: contrast
contraster: to contrast
contrat: contract
contrat d'assurance: insurance policy, insurance contract (legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk)
contrat de bail: tenancy agreement, lease agreement, lease contract, lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)
contrat de travail: employment contract, work contract
contrat social: social contract
contrat à durée déterminée: fixed-term contract
contrat à durée indéterminée: open-ended contract, permanent contract
contrat-cadre: master service agreement, MSA, framework agreement, framework contract
contrattaque: post-1990 spelling of contre-attaque
contrattaquer: post-1990 spelling of contre-attaquer
contravariance: contravariance
contravention: act of contravening; traffic ticket, traffic fine; infraction, infringement, minor offence
contre: double
contre: against (in physical contact with); against (not in favor of); against (having as an opponent); as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with); in exchange for
contre nature: against nature, unnatural; unholy, perverted
contre toute attente: very unexpectedly, against expectations, against all odds (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability)
contre vents et marées: through thick and thin, against all odds, come hell or high water
contre-allée: sidepath; side aisle (of church)