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cold makes something contract

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. contracter [kɔ̃tʀakte] VB trans

1. contracter (crisper):

contracter muscle
to contract, to tense
contracter visage
to tense
contracter personne
to make [sb] tense
une grimace contracta sa bouche ou ses traits
he/she grimaced
l'émotion lui contracta la gorge
his/her throat tightened with emotion
la peur lui contractait la gorge
his/her throat was tight with fear

2. contracter LING:

contracter forme
to contract

3. contracter (s'engager dans):

contracter obligation, dette
to incur
contracter marché
to conclude
contracter assurance, emprunt
to take out
contracter engagement
to enter into
contracter amitié, liaison
to form

4. contracter (réduire):

contracter substance
to make [sth] contract

5. contracter MED:

contracter maladie, virus
to contract

II. se contracter VB refl

1. se contracter (se crisper):

se contracter muscle:
to contract
se contracter visage, personne:
to tense up
se contracter gorge:
to tighten

2. se contracter (diminuer) PHYS:

se contracter substance:
to contract
se contracter exportations, marché:
to shrink

3. se contracter LING forme, mot:

se contracter (si l'on veut)
to contract
se contracter (obligatoirement)
to be contracted
English
English
French
French
incur COMM, FIN debts
contracter
to feel a tightening of one's jaw/stomach muscles
sentir sa mâchoire/les muscles de son estomac se contracter
acquire habit
contracter
to enter into wedlock
contracter mariage
contract virus, disease
contracter (from par le contact avec)
contract marriage, alliance, debt, duty, loan
contracter
contract muscles
contracter
contract wood, metal:
se contracter
contract MED, PHYSIOL
se contracter
shrink
contracter
shrink timber:
se contracter
tighten muscle:
se contracter
to take out a mortgage
contracter un emprunt-logement form
to take out a policy
contracter une assurance

in the PONS Dictionary

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I. contracter [kɔ̃tʀakte] VB trans ANAT

le froid contracte qc
cold makes sth contract

II. contracter [kɔ̃tʀakte] VB refl

se contracter
to contract
se contracter visage
to tense
English
English
French
French
contract
se contracter
contract
contracter
incur debt
contracter
twitch muscle
se contracter
twitch
contracter
develop infection, habit
contracter
in the PONS Dictionary
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I. contracter [ko͂tʀakte] VB trans ANAT

le froid contracte qc
cold makes sth contract

II. contracter [ko͂tʀakte] VB refl

contracter se contracter:

contracter
to contract
contracter visage
to tense
English
English
French
French
contract
se contracter
contract
contracter
incur debt
contracter
twitch muscle
se contracter
twitch
contracter
develop infection, habit
contracter
Présent
jecontracte
tucontractes
il/elle/oncontracte
nouscontractons
vouscontractez
ils/ellescontractent
Imparfait
jecontractais
tucontractais
il/elle/oncontractait
nouscontractions
vouscontractiez
ils/ellescontractaient
Passé simple
jecontractai
tucontractas
il/elle/oncontracta
nouscontractâmes
vouscontractâtes
ils/ellescontractèrent
Futur simple
jecontracterai
tucontracteras
il/elle/oncontractera
nouscontracterons
vouscontracterez
ils/ellescontracteront
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

se contracter
to contract
se contracter visage
to tense

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Un mariage morganatique était contracté lorsque ces conditions d'égalité n'étaient pas remplies.
fr.wikipedia.org
En premier lieu, la personne soupçonnée d’avoir contracté la maladie est convoquée pour un examen minutieux.
fr.wikipedia.org
Seules les infections contractées en établissement (par opposition au cabinet médical individuel) sont susceptibles de donner lieu à réparation.
fr.wikipedia.org
Des excès dans l’entraînement l’emmènent à contracter une pleurésie, une maladie qui affecte notamment la poitrine.
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Les débuts financier de l'aérodrome sont difficiles à cause des dettes contractées pour pouvoir assumer un coût de construction plus important que prévu.
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