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Dictionary translations for "au contraire de"

au contraire de preposition

unlike [ˈʌnˈlaɪk] (locution prépositive, opposition)

Au contraire de sa sœur, il a conservé la foi religieuse dans laquelle ses parents l'avaient élevé.

Unlike his sister, he has retained the religious faith his parents brought him up in.

Contexts with "au contraire de"

Au contraire de sa sœur, il a conservé la foi religieuse dans laquelle ses parents l'avaient élevé. Unlike his sister, he has retained the religious faith his parents brought him up in.

De nombreuses cuisines européennes sont équipées de balances parce que les ingrédients y sont mesurés au poids, au contraire des États-Unis d'Amérique, où ils sont mesurés au volume. Many European kitchens have scales because dry ingredients are measured by weight there, unlike in America, where they are measured by volume.

Mourir n'est pas le contraire de vivre : on passe sa vie à vivre et on ne passe pas sa mort à mourir. Dying is not the opposite of living: we spend our life living while we don't spend our death dying.

Cette image ne me semble pas moche ; au contraire, je pense qu'elle est plutôt jolie. That picture doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it's rather beautiful.

Le contraire de incommode est commode. The opposite of "inconvenient" is "convenient".

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