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English-French Dictionary: contraire

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ADJ

contraire | contraire | contraires | contraires

contraire {adj}: contrary
contraire {m}: opposite
contrary
au contraire {adv}: on the contrary
mouvement {m} contraire: countermove
question {f} contraire: counterquestion
counter question
vent {m} contraire [aussi fig.]: head wind [also fig.]météo.
adverse wind [also fig.]météo.
au contraire de {prep}: contrary to
in contrast to
as contrasted with
unlike [in contrast to]
compared with [in contrast to]
in opposition to [in contrast to]
bien au contraire {adv}: on the contrary
quite the reverse
quite the contrary
quite the opposite
exactement le contraire {adv}: just the opposite
quite the opposite
exactly the opposite
sauf convention contraire {adv}: unless otherwise agreed
unless there be a clause to the contrarydr.
faire le contraire: to do the (exact) opposite
to do exactly the opposite
stipulation {f} du contraire: provision to the contrarydr.
tout le contraire {m}: the exact opposite
C'est contraire au règlement.: It's against the rules.dr.
It's against the regulations.dr.
C'est tout le contraire.: It's exactly the opposite.
contraire à la règle {adj}: against the rules [postpos.]
contraire à la vérité {adj}: untruthful
contraire au but recherché {adj}: self-defeating
contraire aux bonnes mœurs {adj}: immoral
indecent [immoral]
Jusqu'à preuve du contraire ...: Until it's proven otherwise ...
prouver le contraire à qn.: to prove sb. wrong
C'est tout le contraire !: It's just the opposite!
contraire à l'esprit de l'entreprise {adj}: contrary to the company ethiccomm.
dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d'une montre {adv}: anticlockwise
rotation {f} dans le sens contraire d'horloge: anticlockwise rotation [Br.]tech.
anti-clockwise rotation [Br.]tech.
counterclockwise rotation [Am.]tech.
counter-clockwise rotation [Am.]tech.

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