contraddire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to contradict
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to belie
  3. (dated, intransitive) to contradict [with a]
  4. (archaic, transitive) to oppose, to block, to impede

Frequency

32k
Hyphenated as
con‧trad‧dì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kon.tradˈdi.re/
Etymology

From Latin contradīcĕre. By surface analysis, contra- + dire.

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