contrapposto

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒstəʊ/
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• General-American: /ˌkɑntɹəˈpɑstoʊ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɒntɹəˈpɒsti/
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• General-American: /ˌkɑntɹəˈpɑsti/
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Borrowed from Italian contrapposto (“contrasting; opposing”, adjective), the past participle of contrapporre (“to set against, counter”), from Latin contrāpōnere, the present active infinitive of contrāpōnō (“to oppose; to place opposite”), from contrā (“against; contrary to”) + pōnō (“to place, put”). The plural form contrapposti is borrowed from Italian contrapposti, the masculine plural form of contrapposto.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وضعية التعارض — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Armenian: կոնտրապոստ (kontrapost) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Basque: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Belarusian: кантрапост (kantrapóst) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Bulgarian: контрапо́ст (kontrapóst) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Catalan: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 對立式平衡 /对立式平衡 (duìlìshìpínghéng) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Czech: kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Danish: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Dutch: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Finnish: kontraposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• French: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Galician: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Georgian: კონტრაპოსტი (ḳonṭraṗosṭi) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• German: Kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Greek: κοντραπόστο (kontrapósto) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Hebrew: קונטרה פוסטו — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Hungarian: kontraposzt — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Italian: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Japanese: コントラポスト (kontoraposuto) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Korean: 콘트라포스토 (konteuraposeuto) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Kyrgyz: контрапост (kontrapost) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Malay: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Norwegian Bokmål: kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Persian: کجایستایی — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Polish: kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Portuguese: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Romanian: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Russian: контрапо́ст (kontrapóst) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̏нтрапост — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍntrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Slovene: kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Spanish: contrapposto — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Swedish: kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Ukrainian: контрапост (kontrapost) — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this
• Uzbek: kontrapost — position of a human figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders; an instance of this