contrer
French
Pronunciation
Verb
contrer
- to block, to counter, to counteract
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contrant /kɔ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contré /kɔ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contre /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
contres /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
contre /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
controns /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
contrez /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
contrent /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | contrais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contrais /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contrait /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contrions /kɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
contriez /kɔ̃.tʁi.je/ |
contraient /kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contrai /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
contras /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
contra /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
contrâmes /kɔ̃.tʁam/ |
contrâtes /kɔ̃.tʁat/ |
contrèrent /kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | contrerai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
contreras /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
contrera /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
contrerons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
contrerez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
contreront /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contrerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
contrerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
contrerait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
contrerions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contreriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ |
contreraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.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 | contre /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
contres /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
contre /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
contrions /kɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
contriez /kɔ̃.tʁi.je/ |
contrent /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | contrasse /kɔ̃.tʁas/ |
contrasses /kɔ̃.tʁas/ |
contrât /kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
contrassions /kɔ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
contrassiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.sje/ |
contrassent /kɔ̃.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contre /kɔ̃tʁ/ |
— | controns /kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
contrez /kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “contrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.