contrariante

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contrāriantem, form of contrāriāns, present active participle of contrāriō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.traˈrjan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧riàn‧te

Participle

contrariante m or f (plural contrarianti)

  1. present participle of contrariare

Adjective

contrariante m or f (plural contrarianti)

  1. irritating
    Synonym: irritante
  2. (heraldry) counterchanged
  3. (linguistics) denoting opposition or contrariety (of prefixes)
    In italiano, anti- è un prefisso contrariante. ― In Italian, anti- is an oppositional prefix.

Further reading

  • contrariante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Noun

contrariante m or f by sense (plural contrariantes)

  1. contrarian
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