contraction

Concepts

contraction

shrinkage

economy

retrenchment

contractive mapping

shrinking

spasm

tensing

Synonyms

application contractante

crampe

réduction

spasme

rétrécissement

mesure d’économie

épreinte

contraction utérine

Translations

contrazione

contracción

Kontraktion

contracció

büzülme

kasılma

contracção

contração

Zusammenziehung

samentrekking

contractie

Verkrampfung

Kürzung

Sparen

Sichzusammenziehen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔ̃.tʁak.sjɔ̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: contraction

Borrowed from Latin: 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”)).