contre
Middle English
/kuntˈreː(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- region, area
- A political division, including:
- homeland, fatherland
- country, countryside as opposed to the city
- The people of a region, country, or province; the local people.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French contree derived from Latin *(terra) contrata.
Origin
Latin
*(terra) contrata
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- backcountry English
- countrification English
- countrify English
- country English
- country lane English
- countryfication English
- countryfolk English
- countryful English
- countryhood English
- countryish English
- countryless English
- countrylike English
- countrymade English
- countryman English
- countrymate English
- countryperson English
- countryship English
- countryside English
- countrywide English
- countrywoman English
- cross-country English
- foreign country English
- intercountry English
- intracountry English
- multicountry English
- noncountry English
- step-country English
- transcountry English
- upcountry English
- kantri Finnish
- *(terra) contrata Latin
- *contrata, *(terra) contrata Latin
- *contrata, *(terra) contrāta Latin
- contra Latin
- кантри Russian
- country Portuguese
- カントリー Japanese
- contree Middle English
- contree Old French
- geginōti Old High German
- contree Middle French
- kantri Tok Pisin
- kondre Sranan Tongo
- kontri Nigerian Pidgin