"contrat" meaning in French

See contrat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.tʁa/ Audio: Fr-contrat.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-contrat.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-contrat.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-contrat.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-contrat.wav Forms: contrats [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|contract|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French contract, {{inh+|fr|fro|contract}} Inherited from Old French contract, {{der|fr|la|contractus|pos=noun}} Latin contractus (noun), {{suf|la||-tus<pos:suffix forming nouns from verbs>|nocat=1}} + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} contrat m (plural contrats)
  1. contract Tags: masculine Derived forms: contrat à durée déterminée, contrat à durée indéterminée, contrat de bail, contrat de travail, contrat social, sous contrat Related terms: contracter, contraction
    Sense id: en-contrat-fr-noun-zIMh1jdc Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "fa",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kontrât",
      "word": "کنترات"
    },
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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    },
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      },
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    }
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        },
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        {
          "word": "contrat de bail"
        },
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          "word": "contrat de travail"
        },
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        },
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        }
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      ]
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    },
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    {
      "word": "contrat à durée indéterminée"
    },
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      "word": "contrat de bail"
    },
    {
      "word": "contrat de travail"
    },
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    },
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    }
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}

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