contraposée
French, noun/kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/
contraposée is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-S-É-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contraposée is a French feminine noun meaning “contraposition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of contraposé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Proposition contraposée”.
What does contraposée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontraposition
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of contraposé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proposition contraposée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contraposée
- contraposées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraposée?
- /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/
- \kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contraposée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contraposée in French?
contraposée appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).