contrat

See also: contrât

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain) [from con- (with, together) + trahere (to draw, to pull)] +‎ -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa/
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Noun

contrat m (plural contrats)

  1. contract

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Persian: کنترات (kontrât)
  • Turkish: kontrat

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain) [from con- (with, together) + trahere (to draw, to pull)] +‎ -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs).

Noun

contrat m (plural contrats)

  1. (Jersey) contract

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuŋˈtrat/

Noun

contrat m

  1. contract