contenir
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kon.təˈni/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun.təˈni/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kon.teˈniɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
contenir (first-person singular present continc, past participle contingut)
- to contain
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | contenir | ||||||
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present participle | contenint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | contingut | continguda | |||||
plural | continguts | contingudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | continc | contens | conté | contenim | conteniu | contenen | |
imperfect | contenia | contenies | contenia | conteníem | conteníeu | contenien | |
future | contindré | contindràs | contindrà | contindrem | contindreu | contindran | |
preterite | continguí | contingueres | contingué | continguérem | continguéreu | contingueren | |
conditional | contindria | contindries | contindria | contindríem | contindríeu | contindrien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | contingui | continguis | contingui | continguem | contingueu | continguin | |
imperfect | contingués | continguessis | contingués | continguéssim | continguéssiu | continguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | contén | contingui | continguem | conteniu | continguin |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French contenir, borrowed from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
contenir
- to contain (To have in)
- to contain, to hold back (control, e.g. a disease, tears), to keep in check (control something that might hurt you, e.g. emotions)
- to hold, to take, to seat (To have a capacity of)
Conjugation[edit]
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as retenir and détenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).
infinitive | simple | contenir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | contenant /kɔ̃t.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | contenu /kɔ̃t.ny/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/ |
contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/ |
contient /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/ |
contenons /kɔ̃t.nɔ̃/ |
contenez /kɔ̃t.ne/ |
contiennent /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
imperfect | contenais /kɔ̃t.nɛ/ |
contenais /kɔ̃t.nɛ/ |
contenait /kɔ̃t.nɛ/ |
contenions /kɔ̃.tə.njɔ̃/ |
conteniez /kɔ̃.tə.nje/ |
contenaient /kɔ̃t.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | contins /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/ |
contins /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/ |
contint /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/ |
contînmes /kɔ̃.tɛ̃m/ |
contîntes /kɔ̃.tɛ̃t/ |
continrent /kɔ̃.tɛ̃ʁ/ | |
future | contiendrai /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
contiendras /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
contiendra /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁa/ |
contiendrons /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ |
contiendrez /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁe/ |
contiendront /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | contiendrais /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
contiendrais /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
contiendrait /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ |
contiendrions /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
contiendriez /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ |
contiendraient /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
(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 | contienne /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
contiennes /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
contienne /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
contenions /kɔ̃.tə.njɔ̃/ |
conteniez /kɔ̃.tə.nje/ |
contiennent /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
imperfect2 | continsse /kɔ̃.tɛ̃s/ |
continsses /kɔ̃.tɛ̃s/ |
contînt /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/ |
continssions /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
continssiez /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.sje/ |
continssent /kɔ̃.tɛ̃s/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/ |
— | contenons /kɔ̃t.nɔ̃/ |
contenez /kɔ̃t.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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “contenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.
Verb[edit]
contenir
- (reflexive, se contenir) to control oneself, to keep one's feelings and behavior in check
- (reflexive, se contenir) to behave (in a given way)
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem contien distinct from the unstressed stem conten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | se contenir | estre contenu | |||||
gerund | en contenant | Use the gerund of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | contenant | ||||||
past participle | contenu | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | me contieng, me contien | te contiens | se contient | nos contenons | vos contenez | se contienent |
imperfect | me contenoie, me conteneie | te contenoies, te conteneies | se contenoit, se conteneit | nos conteniiens, nos conteniens | vos conteniiez, vos conteniez | se contenoient, se conteneient | |
preterite | me contin | te contenis | se contint | nos contenimes | vos contenistes | se contindrent, se continrent | |
future | me contendrai | te contendras | se contendra | nos contendrons | vos contendroiz, vos contendreiz, vos contendrez | se contendront | |
conditional | me contendroie, me contendreie | te contendroies, te contendreies | se contendroit, se contendreit | nos contendriiens, nos contendriens | vos contendriiez, vos contendriez | se contendroient, se contendreient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | me contiegne | te contiegnes | se contiegne | nos contiegniens, nos contiegnons | vos contiegniez | se contiegnent |
imperfect | me contenisse | te contenisses | se contenist | nos contenissons, nos contenissiens | vos contenissoiz, vos contenissez, vos contenissiez | se contenissent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of estre followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | contien-toi | — | contenons-nos | contenez-vos | — |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan 3-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Catalan/i(ɾ)
- Rhymes:Catalan/i(ɾ)/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan verbs
- Catalan second conjugation verbs
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French verbs with conjugation tenir
- French third group verbs
- French irregular verbs
- Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-
- Old French terms borrowed from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French reflexive verbs
- Old French verbs with stem alternations
- Old French verbs with strong-id preterite
- Old French third group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -ir
- Old French irregular verbs