controverser

English

Noun

controverser (plural controversers)

1. (obsolete) controverter, one who controverts

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French

Verb

controverser

1. (transitive) to controvert

Conjugation

Conjugation of controverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	controverser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	controversant /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		controversé /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	controverses /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	controversons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	controversez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/	controversent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/
	imperfect	controversais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/	controversais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/	controversait /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/	controversions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	controversiez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sje/	controversaient /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	controversai /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/	controversas /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa/	controversa /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa/	controversâmes /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sam/	controversâtes /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sat/	controversèrent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	controverserai /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	controverseras /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	controversera /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	controverserons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	controverserez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	controverseront /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	controverserais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	controverserais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	controverserait /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	controverserions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	controverseriez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	controverseraient /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.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	controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	controverses /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	controversions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	controversiez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sje/	controversent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/
	imperfect2	controversasse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sas/	controversasses /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sas/	controversât /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa/	controversassions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	controversassiez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa.sje/	controversassent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/	—	controversons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	controversez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/	—
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).

Related terms

• controverse
• controversé

Further reading

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