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

Sentences

Noir est le contraire de blanc

Black is the opposite of white

A1

Au contraire.

Far from it.

A1

Il fit le contraire.

He did the opposite.

A1

Le contraire est aussi vrai.

The opposite is also true.

A1

Je voulais dire le contraire.

I meant the opposite.

A1

On ne peut pas dire le contraire.

That can't be denied.

A2

La mort est le contraire de la vie.

Death is the opposite of life.

A2

Rien ne me convaincra du contraire.

Nothing will persuade me otherwise.

B1

Personne ne me convaincra du contraire.

Nobody will convince me otherwise.

B1

Je ne voulais pas insinuer le contraire.

I didn't mean to imply otherwise.

B1

Personne ne pourra me convaincre du contraire.

Nobody can convince me otherwise.

B1

S'enrichir est le contraire de s’appauvrir.

Becoming rich is the opposite of becoming poor.

B2