contrer

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁe/
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Verb

contrer

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
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).

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