Grammatical class
Noun
contraire
opposite
Details
Syllables
con-trai-re
Phonetics
kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
442
Freq. (movies)
864
Freq. (news)
1021
Variants
Sentences
Noir est le contraire de blanc
Black is the opposite of white
Au contraire.
Far from it.
Il fit le contraire.
He did the opposite.
Le contraire est aussi vrai.
The opposite is also true.
Je voulais dire le contraire.
I meant the opposite.
On ne peut pas dire le contraire.
That can't be denied.
La mort est le contraire de la vie.
Death is the opposite of life.
Rien ne me convaincra du contraire.
Nothing will persuade me otherwise.
Personne ne me convaincra du contraire.
Nobody will convince me otherwise.
Je ne voulais pas insinuer le contraire.
I didn't mean to imply otherwise.
Personne ne pourra me convaincre du contraire.
Nobody can convince me otherwise.
S'enrichir est le contraire de s’appauvrir.
Becoming rich is the opposite of becoming poor.