contact (English)

Pronunciation

  • en-us-contact.ogg

    • Etymology

    From

    la

    contactus, from contingere (to touch on all sides), from tangere (to touch). Used in English since the 17th Century.

    Noun

    The act of touching physically.

    The establishment of communication (with).

  • I haven't been in contact with her for years.

    • A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.

  • Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.

    • Someone with whom one is in communication.

  • The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.

    • A contact_lens.

    a device designed for repetitive connections.

    Derived terms

  • body_contact
  • contact_hitter
  • contact_information
  • contactable
  • eye_contact
  • first_contact
  • point_of_contact / POC

    • Translations

    an act of touching physically

  • American_Sign_Language: Open8@Finger-TipUp-Open8@CenterChesthigh-TipUp_Contact
  • Arabic:

    مُلامَسَه

  • Bulgariska - допир
  • Chinese:
  • Luxembourgish - Kontakt|m
  • : Mandarin - 接触 (jiēchù)
  • Tjeckiska - kontakt
    • , dotek
  • Danska - kontakt
    • , forbindelse
  • Holländska - contact
  • Finska - kosketus
    • , kontakti
  • Franska - contact
  • Tyska - Kontakt
    • , Berührung
  • Grekiska - επαφή
  • Ungerska - kapcsolat
  • Isländska - snerting
  • Italienska - contatto
  • Japanska - 接触
  • Mandarin - 接触 (jiēchù)
  • Polska - kontakt
  • Portuguese: contato - Portugal
  • Rumänska - contact
    • , atingere
  • Ryska - контакт
  • Spanska - contacto
  • Tamil - தொடல்|xs=Tamil(thodal)
  • Volapük - kontag

    • an establishment of communication

  • American_Sign_Language: Open8@Finger-TipUpPalmForward-Open8@CenterChesthigh-TipUpPalmBack_Contact
  • Arabic:

    إتِّصال

  • Bulgariska - свързване
  • Bulgariska - контакт
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 联系 (liánxì), - 交往 (jiāowǎng), - 通讯 (tōngxùn)
  • Tjeckiska - kontakt
    • , spojení
  • Holländska - contact
  • Finnish: yhteydenotto, kontakti, yhteys
  • Franska - contact
  • Tyska - Kontakt
    • , Verbindung
  • Grekiska - επικοινωνία
  • Hindiska - संपर्क
  • Ungerska - kapcsolat
  • Isländska - samband
  • Italienska - contatto
  • Japanska - 接触
  • Kurdish - په‌یوه‌ند|tr=peywend|sc=ku-Arab
  • Luxembourgish - Kontakt|m
  • Polska - kontakt
  • Portuguese: contato - Portugal
  • Rumänska - legătură
  • Ryska - контакт
    • , связь
  • Tamil - தொடர்பு|xs=Tamil(thodarbu)

    • colloquial: a contact lens

    : See contact_lens
  • American_Sign_Language: Open8@Cheek-PalmBack_Open8@Cheek-PalmBack
  • Bulgariska - контактна леща
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 隐形眼镜 (yǐnxíngyǎnjìng)
  • Tjeckiska - čočka
  • Finska - piilolinssi
  • Franska - lentille
  • Tyska - Kontaktlinse
  • Ungerska - kontaktlencse
  • Luxembourgish - Kontaktlëns|f
  • Polska - szkło kontaktowe
  • Portugisiska - lente de contato
  • Volapük - kontagalentül

    • electrical: a device designed for repetitive connections

  • Bulgariska - контакт
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 触点 (chùdiǎn)
  • Finska - liitin
  • Franska - contact
  • Japanska - 接点
    • , 端子
  • Polska - kontakt
  • Ryska - контакт

    • someone with whom one is in communication

  • American_Sign_Language: Open8@Finger-TipUp-Open8@CenterChesthigh-TipUp_Contact
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 联系 (liánxì)
  • Finnish: kontakti, yhteyshenkilö
  • Franska - contact
    • , connaissance
  • Grekiska - σύνδεσμος
    • , επαφή
  • Ungerska - kapcsolattartó
  • Isländska - tengiliður
  • Italienska - contatto
  • Japanska - 連絡先
    • , お問い合わせ
  • Kurdish - په‌یوه‌ند|tr=peywend|sc=ku-Arab
  • Polska - kontakt
  • Portuguese: contato - Portugal
  • Ryska - контакт
    • , связной

    ko

    : 접촉

  • es

    : contacto

    • Verb

    To touch; to come into physical contact with.

  • The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.

    • To establish communication with something or someone

  • I am trying to contact my sister.

    • Translations

    touch physically

  • Bulgariska - докосвам
  • Bulgariska - допирам се
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 接触 (jiēchù)
  • Holländska - aanraken
  • Finska - koskea
  • Franska - toucher
  • Tyska - berühren
  • Ido: kontaktar
  • Japanska - 接触する
    • , 接続する
  • Luxembourgish - beréieren
  • Portuguese: entrar em contato, tocar
  • Telugu: అంటుకొను (aMTukonu), ముట్టుకొను (muTTukonu), తాకు (taaku)

    • establish communication with

  • Bulgariska - свързвам се
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 联系 (liánxì)
  • Tjeckiska - kontaktovat
  • Danska - kontakte
  • Holländska - contacteren
  • Esperanto - kontakti
  • Finnish: ottaa_yhteyttä, ottaa_yhteys
  • Franska - contacter
  • Tyska - kontaktieren
  • Hebrew - יצר קשר|tr=yatsár késher
  • Isländska - hafa samband
  • Italienska - contattare
  • Japanska - 連絡する
  • Luxembourgish - kontaktéieren
  • Norska - kontakte
  • Polska - kontaktować (się)
  • Polska - skontaktować (się)
  • Portuguese: entrar em contato, contatar, contactar
  • Rumänska - contacta
  • Ryska - контактировать
  • Ryska - связываться
  • Ryska - связаться
  • Spanska - contactar
    • , entrar en contacto con
  • Svenska - kontakta
  • Telugu: సంపర్కించు (saMparkiMchu)
    • ----

    contact (Dutch)

    Pronunciation

  • - Audio

    • Noun

    n|contacten|contactje

    #English|contact

    ----

    contact (French)

    Etymology

    Borrowed from - fr - lang=la.

    Pronunciation

  • - lang=fr
  • - Audio

    • Noun

    m

    (physical) #English|contact; #English|contact (with another person)

  • Engelska - contact
    • (person that one knows)

    rapport

  • Vous avez un bon contact avec les enfants - you have a good rapport with children
    • zh-min-nan:contact simple:contact

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