disputer

English

Etymology

dispute +‎ -er

Noun

disputer (plural disputers)

1. One who disputes.

Anagrams

• purdiest, stupider

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.py.te/

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Verb

disputer

1. (reflexive) to dispute

   Ils se sont encore disputés l'autre soir.

2. to take part in

Conjugation

Conjugation of disputer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	disputer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	disputant /dis.py.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		disputé /dis.py.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputes /dis.pyt/	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputons /dis.py.tɔ̃/	disputez /dis.py.te/	disputent /dis.pyt/
	imperfect	disputais /dis.py.tɛ/	disputais /dis.py.tɛ/	disputait /dis.py.tɛ/	disputions /dis.py.tjɔ̃/	disputiez /dis.py.tje/	disputaient /dis.py.tɛ/
	past historic2	disputai /dis.py.te/	disputas /dis.py.ta/	disputa /dis.py.ta/	disputâmes /dis.py.tam/	disputâtes /dis.py.tat/	disputèrent /dis.py.tɛʁ/
	future	disputerai /dis.py.tʁe/	disputeras /dis.py.tʁa/	disputera /dis.py.tʁa/	disputerons /dis.py.tʁɔ̃/	disputerez /dis.py.tʁe/	disputeront /dis.py.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	disputerais /dis.py.tʁɛ/	disputerais /dis.py.tʁɛ/	disputerait /dis.py.tʁɛ/	disputerions /dis.py.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	disputeriez /dis.py.tə.ʁje/	disputeraient /dis.py.tʁɛ/
(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	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputes /dis.pyt/	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputions /dis.py.tjɔ̃/	disputiez /dis.py.tje/	disputent /dis.pyt/
	imperfect2	disputasse /dis.py.tas/	disputasses /dis.py.tas/	disputât /dis.py.ta/	disputassions /dis.py.ta.sjɔ̃/	disputassiez /dis.py.ta.sje/	disputassent /dis.py.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dispute /dis.pyt/	—	disputons /dis.py.tɔ̃/	disputez /dis.py.te/	—
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).

Synonyms

• chamailler
• quereller

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) disputer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of disputō