Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per contra

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: per -con-tra
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in contrast, on the contrary

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Lord Oxford has been a twelvemonth in Herefordshire, as far from us, literally, though not geographically, as if he had been with you in Ireland. He has writ no more to us, than if we were still ministers of state. But, in the balance of account, per contra, I have lord Harley at London; and have either lived with him at Wimple, or upon him here, ever since his father left us."
"[…]Per contra, Hobbes, who was no tyrannophobe, declared instead that political citizens were as a God to one another, while non-political men were to one another as arrant wolves (II, h)."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin per contra.

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does per contra mean?: in contrast, on the contrary
Where does per contra come from?: Borrowed from Latin per contra.

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