contorsionner

French

Etymology

From contorsion +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/

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Verb

contorsionner

1. (transitive, reflexive) to contort

Conjugation

Conjugation of contorsionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	contorsionner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	contorsionnant /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		contorsionné /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	contorsionne /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	contorsionnes /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	contorsionne /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	contorsionnons /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/	contorsionnez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/	contorsionnent /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/
	imperfect	contorsionnais /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɛ/	contorsionnais /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɛ/	contorsionnait /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɛ/	contorsionnions /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/	contorsionniez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nje/	contorsionnaient /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	contorsionnai /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.ne/	contorsionnas /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.na/	contorsionna /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.na/	contorsionnâmes /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nam/	contorsionnâtes /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nat/	contorsionnèrent /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	contorsionnerai /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁe/	contorsionneras /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁa/	contorsionnera /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁa/	contorsionnerons /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/	contorsionnerez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁe/	contorsionneront /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	contorsionnerais /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	contorsionnerais /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	contorsionnerait /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	contorsionnerions /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	contorsionneriez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/	contorsionneraient /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn.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	contorsionne /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	contorsionnes /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	contorsionne /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	contorsionnions /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/	contorsionniez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nje/	contorsionnent /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/
	imperfect2	contorsionnasse /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nas/	contorsionnasses /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nas/	contorsionnât /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.na/	contorsionnassions /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	contorsionnassiez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.na.sje/	contorsionnassent /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	contorsionne /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn/	—	contorsionnons /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/	contorsionnez /kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ.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

• contorsionniste

Further reading

• “contorsionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012