kontingent-a: (philos.) contingent: happening by chance, casual, accidental; -o: (milit., fin.) contingent, share, quota; -eso, -ajo: (philos.) contingency. Ex.: Kontingent evento; Singlu de la federiti furnisos sua kontingento de trupi e pekunio. Ni agos segun la kontingentajo. — DEFIRS
kontinu-a: continuous: uninterrupted, unbroken, which goes on without intermittance or break; joined without intervening space; -o, -ajo: (philos.) that which is indivisible (matter, body, space); (cf. sen-cesa, perpetua, dur-anta; prolong-uro, sequ-ant-ajo); -a proporciono: (math.) c. proportion; -a febro: continuous, uninterrupted fever; la lego di -o: the law of continuity. Ant.: intermit-anta, ces-anta, ne-dur-anta. — DEFIS
kontor-o: counting-house, (business) office, (administrative) bureau; -isto: office clerk, -ist-aro: office force. — DEFR
kontraband-ar: (tr.) to smuggle (in); -ajo: a contraband article. — DEFIRS
kontrabas-o: contrabasso: the largest kind of bass-viol, violone, double-bass. — DEFIRS
kontradans-o: contradance, country dance, old-fashioned quadrille. — DEFIS
kontrafakt-ar: (tr.) to counterfeit (money), to forge (a signature); -uro: counterfeit, forgery (made). — FI
kontrafort-o: (arch.) counterfort: a buttress, spur or pillar serving to support a wall. — EFIRS
kontrakt-ar: (tr., phys., anat., gram.) to contract: to draw into a smaller compass, draw together or nearer; to shrink (together); (cf. konstriktar, astriktar, plu-kurt-igar). Def.: Diminuto di longeso, di larjeso o di volumino; II-645. Ex.: La maxim multa korpi kontraktesas da la frigoro; muskolo aganta kontraktesas. — DEFIS
kontraktur-o: (med.) rigidity, stiffness of muscles. Def.: Rigideso duranta, ma nevolita, di muskolo. Ex.: Tetano efektigas grandega kontrakt-uro. — DF
kontralt-o: (voice or person) contralto, counter-tenor. — DEFIRS
kontrapoz-ar: (tr., log.) to contrapose. — DEFR
kontrapunt-o: (mus.) counterpoint. — DEFS
kontrast-ar: (intr.) to contrast: stand, be in contrast; -igar: to (put in) contrast (ulo, ad ulo). Ex.: Kontrastigar to quon on facas a to quon on intencas facar. Kontrasto di ombro e di lumo. — DEFIRS
kontrat-ar: (tr., intr.) to make a contract (kun); -o: contract: agreement or covenant between two or more persons; bargain; (cf. paktar). Ex.: Kontratar facar ulo. Kontratar kun la stato facar ulo laboro. Donar vendo-kontrato (E. to give a deed of sale). — DEFIRS
kontravenc-ar: (tr., intr.) to contravene: transgress, infringe on (regulations, orders, the law, etc.). Ex.: Kontravencar la dekalogo. V. exp.: vid. krimino. — DEFIS
kontre: (prep.) against: in opposition to, with; in contradiction to, contrary to; in an opposite direction; opposite; (law term) versus; -mea volo: opposite my wish; marchar – la enemiko: to march against the enemy; luktar – des-fortuno: to struggle with adversity; irit-igar - : be exasperated with; agar - sua koncienco: to act against one’s conscience; irar – la fluo: to go against the current; -e: by way of compensation, as a set off, per contra; on the contrary, on the other hand; -ajo: the contrary, opposite (object); -esar: to be opposed (ad); -(ul)o: adversary; -eso: opposition; - ke: (conj.) while (in contrast). In composition kontre has the sense of: counter, contra; (cf. anti-). — DEFIRS
kontre-agar: (tr.) to act contrary or in opposition to (ulu, ulo), to thwart; -ag-anta, -ema: opposing (fig.) provoking; -ag-em-eso: spirit of contrariety.
kontre-asekur-ar: (tr.) to insure against.
kontre-demand-ar: (tr.) to counter-question.
kontre-dic-ar: (tr.) to gainsay, contradict; inter-kontre-dic-anta: mutually contradictory; su-kontre-dic-anta: self-contradictory.
kontre-etik-a: immoral.
kontre-febr-a: antifebrile
kontre-fluo: counter-flow, -current.
kontre-frapo, -shoko: counter-blow.
kontre-imper-o: counter-order.
kontre-indik-o: contra-indication (chiefly med.).
kontre-jud-a: anti-Semitic; -o: anti-Semite.
kontre-klerik-a: anticlerical; -ismo: anticlericalism.
kontre-konstituc-a: anti-constitutional.
kontre-march-ar: to counter-march.
