contraction

Betekenis (Engels)

contraction

Sinonieme

application contractante

crampe

réduction

spasme

rétrécissement

mesure d’économie

épreinte

contraction utérine

Vertalings

contraction

contracción

contrazione

Kontraktion

contracció

shrinkage

kasılma

büzülme

contração

contracção

Zusammenziehung

contractie

samentrekking

Sparen

Verkrampfung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɔ̃.tʁak.sjɔ̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old French: contraction

Geleen van Latyn: contractiōnem

In summary

PIE word
*ḱóm
From Old French contraction, borrowed from Latin contractiōnem, the accusative singular of contractiō (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”), from contrahō (“to draw things together, assemble, collect, gather; to enter into a contract”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); contrahō is derived from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of objects) + trahō (“to drag, pull”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)).