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contemner

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English

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Etymology

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From contemn +‎ -er.

Noun

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contemner (plural contemners)

  1. One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
    • ante 1588: Thomas Cartwright (probably), A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons, in Cartwrightiana (1951; edited by Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson), page 244 (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Routledge; →ISBN, 0415319897)
      Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.
    • 1861 November, Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII (February 1862), page 10:
      I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ”
    • 1908, Henry James, chapter VIII, in The Portrait of a Lady (The Novels and Tales of Henry James), New York edition, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as The Portrait of a Lady (EBook #283), United States: Project Gutenberg, 1 September 2001:
      From all of which Isabel gathered that Lord Warburton was a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French contemner, from Latin contemnere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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contemner

  1. (transitive, dated) to contemn
    Synonym: mépriser

Conjugation

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Conjugation of contemner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contemner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contemnant
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contemné
/kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contemne
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		contemnes
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		contemne
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		contemnons
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɔ̃/ 		contemnez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ 		contemnent
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/
imperfect contemnais
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ 		contemnais
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ 		contemnait
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ 		contemnions
/kɔ̃.tɛm.njɔ̃/ 		contemniez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nje/ 		contemnaient
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/
past historic2 contemnai
/kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ 		contemnas
/kɔ̃.tɛm.na/ 		contemna
/kɔ̃.tɛm.na/ 		contemnâmes
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nam/ 		contemnâtes
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nat/ 		contemnèrent
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛʁ/
future contemnerai
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁe/ 		contemneras
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁa/ 		contemnera
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁa/ 		contemnerons
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		contemnerez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁe/ 		contemneront
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contemnerais
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ 		contemnerais
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ 		contemnerait
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ 		contemnerions
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contemneriez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁje/ 		contemneraient
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contemne
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		contemnes
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		contemne
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		contemnions
/kɔ̃.tɛm.njɔ̃/ 		contemniez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nje/ 		contemnent
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/
imperfect2 contemnasse
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nas/ 		contemnasses
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nas/ 		contemnât
/kɔ̃.tɛm.na/ 		contemnassions
/kɔ̃.tɛm.na.sjɔ̃/ 		contemnassiez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.na.sje/ 		contemnassent
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contemne
/kɔ̃.tɛmn/ 		— contemnons
/kɔ̃.tɛm.nɔ̃/ 		contemnez
/kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Latin contemnere.

Verb

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contemner

  1. (transitive) to contemn

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of contemner
infinitive simple contemner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple contemnant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle contemné
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contemne contemnes contemne contemnons contemnez contemnent
imperfect contemnois, contemnoys contemnois, contemnoys contemnoit, contemnoyt contemnions, contemnyons contemniez, contemnyez contemnoient, contemnoyent
past historic contemna contemnas contemna contemnasmes contemnastes contemnerent
future contemnerai, contemneray contemneras contemnera contemnerons contemnerez contemneront
conditional contemnerois, contemneroys contemnerois, contemneroys contemneroit, contemneroyt contemnerions, contemneryons contemneriez, contemneryez contemneroient, contemneroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contemne contemnes contemne contemnons contemnez contemnent
imperfect contemnasse contemnasses contemnast contemnassions contemnassiez contemnassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contemne — contemnons contemnez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: contemner

Further reading

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  • contemner on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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