"contraband" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/ [UK], /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contraband.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more contraband [comparative], most contraband [superlative]
Etymology: From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|contrabanda}} Spanish contrabanda, {{m|es|contrabando}} contrabando, {{der|en|it|contrabando}} Italian contrabando, {{m|it|contrabbando}} contrabbando, {{m|it|contra||against}} contra (“against”), {{m|it|bando||ban}} bando (“ban”), {{der|en|fr|contrebande}} French contrebande Head templates: {{en-adj}} contraband (comparative more contraband, superlative most contraband)
  1. Prohibited from being traded.
    Sense id: en-contraband-en-adj-T7PxdeLF

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/ [UK], /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contraband.wav [Southern-England] Forms: contrabands [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|contrabanda}} Spanish contrabanda, {{m|es|contrabando}} contrabando, {{der|en|it|contrabando}} Italian contrabando, {{m|it|contrabbando}} contrabbando, {{m|it|contra||against}} contra (“against”), {{m|it|bando||ban}} bando (“ban”), {{der|en|fr|contrebande}} French contrebande Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} contraband (usually uncountable, plural contrabands)
  1. (uncountable) Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-contraband-en-noun-bYlRbPWT Disambiguation of Crime: 9 25 8 23 25 11
  2. (uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods): تَهْرِيب (tahrīb) [masculine] (Arabic), qaçaqmal (Azerbaijani), контраба́нда (kontrabánda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 禁品 (jìnpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 違禁品 (Chinese Mandarin), 违禁品 (wéijìnpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), kontraband [masculine] (Czech), salakuljetustavara (Finnish), contrebande [feminine] (French), contrabando [masculine] (Galician), Schmuggelware [feminine] (German), Kontrebande [feminine] (German), κοντραμπάντο (kontrampánto) [indeclinable, neuter] (Greek), λαθρεμπόριο (lathrempório) [neuter] (Greek), csempészáru (Hungarian), kontrabando (Ido), contrabbando [masculine] (Italian), 禁制品 (kinseihin) (alt: きんせいひん) (Japanese), 密売品 (mitsubaihin) (alt: みつばいひん) (Japanese), kontrabanda [feminine] (Latvian), parakete (Maori), قاچاق (qâčâq) (Persian), Schlikjhaundel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), contrabando [masculine] (Portuguese), контраба́нда (kontrabánda) [feminine] (Russian), contrabando [masculine] (Spanish), kontraband [neuter] (Swedish), контраба́нда (kontrabánda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contraband-en-noun-deOg06Nz Disambiguation of 'goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods': 21 75 4
  3. (countable, US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces. Tags: US, countable, historical, usually Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-contraband-en-noun--jBJdbV2 Disambiguation of Crime: 9 25 8 23 25 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 10 13 41 14 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contraband of war

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/ [UK], /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contraband.wav [Southern-England] Forms: contrabands [present, singular, third-person], contrabanding [participle, present], contrabanded [participle, past], contrabanded [past]
Etymology: From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|contrabanda}} Spanish contrabanda, {{m|es|contrabando}} contrabando, {{der|en|it|contrabando}} Italian contrabando, {{m|it|contrabbando}} contrabbando, {{m|it|contra||against}} contra (“against”), {{m|it|bando||ban}} bando (“ban”), {{der|en|fr|contrebande}} French contrebande Head templates: {{en-verb}} contraband (third-person singular simple present contrabands, present participle contrabanding, simple past and past participle contrabanded)
  1. (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Crime Translations (To import illegally): contrabandear [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-contraband-en-verb-InUGZNdv Disambiguation of Crime: 9 25 8 23 25 11 Disambiguation of 'To import illegally': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-contraband-en-verb-xmb-Zdmw Disambiguation of Crime: 9 25 8 23 25 11

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for contraband meaning in All languages combined (14.7kB)

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      },
      "expansion": "bando (“ban”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "contrebande"
      },
      "expansion": "French contrebande",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Spanish contrabanda (modern spelling contrabando), from Italian contrabando (modern spelling contrabbando), from contra (“against”) + bando (“ban”), and reinforced by French contrebande.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contrabands",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrabanding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrabanded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contrabanded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "contraband (third-person singular simple present contrabands, present participle contrabanding, simple past and past participle contrabanded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To import illegally; to smuggle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "import",
          "import"
        ],
        [
          "illegal",
          "illegal"
        ],
        [
          "smuggle",
          "smuggle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To declare prohibited; to forbid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "prohibited",
          "prohibited"
        ],
        [
          "forbid",
          "forbid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌbænd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbænd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contraband.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-contraband.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-contraband.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-contraband.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-contraband.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To import illegally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrabandear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contraband"
}

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