contrat

See also: contrât

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahō, contrahere (“bring together, bring about, conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahō, trahere (“draw, pull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa/

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Noun

contrat m (plural contrats)

1. contract

Derived terms

• contrat à durée déterminée
• contrat à durée indéterminée
• contrat de bail
• contrat de travail
• contrat social
• sous contrat

 

Related terms

• contracter
• contraction

Descendants

• → Persian: کنترات (kontrât)
• → Turkish: kontrat

Further reading

• “contrat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French contract, borrowed from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahō, contrahere (“bring together, bring about, conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahō, trahere (“draw, pull”).

Noun

contrat m (plural contrats)

1. (Jersey) contract

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuŋˈtrat/

Noun

contrat m

1. contract