"contrast" in seven languages
Meaningcontrast
Spanish
contraste
/konˈtɾaste/
masc.inherited
From the old verb contrastar 'to resist'.
French
contraste
/kɔ̃tʁast/
masc.borrowed · Italian contrasto
Italian
contrasto
/konˈtrasto/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
contraste
/kõˈtɾastʃi/
masc.borrowed · Italian contrasto
Romanian
contrast
/konˈtrast/
neut.borrowed · French contraste
Catalan
contrast
/kunˈtɾast/
masc.inherited
English
contrast
/ˈkɑntɹæst/
from Latin/French · French contraste, from Italian contrasto
English → ItaliancontrastcontrastoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
*CONTRĀSTĀRE‘to stand against’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Two things in contrast 'stand against' each other. French borrowed the noun from Italian — painters' vocabulary — and passed it on to English.
English relatives: contrary, counter, stand, state
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In a sentence
- es¡Qué contraste entre los dos hermanos!
- frQuel contraste entre les deux frères !
- itChe contrasto tra i due fratelli!
- ptQue contraste entre os dois irmãos!
- roCe contrast între cei doi frați!
- caQuin contrast entre els dos germans!
- enWhat a contrast between the two brothers!
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