contraception

• Audio (US):

  (file)

contraception (usually uncountable, plural contraceptions)

1. The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

• vasectomy, tube tying, condoms, birth-control pill/the pill, v-ring, contraceptive patch, contraceptive implant, IUD, diaphragm, withdrawal

• contraceptive

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.sɛp.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

contraception f (plural contraceptions)

1. contraception

• “contraception”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

contraception f (plural contraceptions)

1. (Jersey) contraception

• contraceptif (“contraceptive”)