contraction

Meaning

contraction

Concepts

contraction

shrinkage

contractive mapping

tensing

spasm

economy

retrenchment

shrinking

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ̃.tʁak.sjɔ̃/

Etymology

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”)).

Sentences

Le nom du groupe est la contraction des deux premières lettres de leurs prénoms .

The name of the group is the contraction of the first two letters of their first names.