challenger

English

Noun

challenger (plural challengers)

1. One who challenges.

   One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers.

Synonyms

• (one who challenges): adversary, combatant, contender, disputer, opponent

Translations

one who challenges

• Bulgarian: предизвикател (bg) m (predizvikatel)
• French: challengeur (fr) m

• German: Herausforderer (de) m, Herausforderin (de) f

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French

Verb

challenger

1. to challenge

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written challenge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of challenger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		challenger			avoir challengé
gerund		en challengeant			en ayant challengé
present participle		challengeant
past participle		challengé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	challenge	challenges	challenge	challengeons	challengez	challengent
	imperfect	challengeais	challengeais	challengeait	challengions	challengiez	challengeaient
	past historic1	challengeai	challengeas	challengea	challengeâmes	challengeâtes	challengèrent
	future	challengerai	challengeras	challengera	challengerons	challengerez	challengeront
	conditional	challengerais	challengerais	challengerait	challengerions	challengeriez	challengeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	challenge	challenges	challenge	challengions	challengiez	challengent
	imperfect1	challengeasse	challengeasses	challengeât	challengeassions	challengeassiez	challengeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	challenge	—	challengeons	challengez	—
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