"contraction" meaning in French

See contraction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.tʁak.sjɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-Paris--contraction.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-contraction.wav Forms: contractions [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From Old French contraction, borrowed from Latin contractiōnem, the accusative singular of contractiō (“a drawing together, contraction; abridgement, shortening; dejection, despondency”), from contrahō (“to draw things together, assemble, collect, gather; to enter into a contract”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results); contrahō is derived from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of objects) + trahō (“to drag, pull”) (probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|fr|ḱóm}} PIE word *ḱóm, {{root|fr|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-|*-tis}}, {{inh|fr|fro|contraction}} Old French contraction, {{bor+|fr|la|contractiōnem|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin contractiōnem, {{glossary|accusative}} accusative, {{glossary|singular}} singular, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-|t=to drag, pull; to run}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} contraction f (plural contractions)
  1. contraction Tags: feminine Related terms: contracter, contrat
    Sense id: en-contraction-fr-noun-1TYhbkRq Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
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        "1": "prefix"
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