contresigner

French

Etymology

From contre- +‎ signer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲe/
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Verb

contresigner

  1. (transitive) to countersign

Conjugation

Conjugation of contresigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contresigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contresignant
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contresigné
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contresigne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		contresignes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		contresigne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		contresignons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɔ̃/ 		contresignez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲe/ 		contresignent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/
imperfect contresignais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɛ/ 		contresignais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɛ/ 		contresignait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɛ/ 		contresignions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲjɔ̃/ 		contresigniez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲje/ 		contresignaient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɛ/
past historic2 contresignai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲe/ 		contresignas
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲa/ 		contresigna
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲa/ 		contresignâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲam/ 		contresignâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲat/ 		contresignèrent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɛʁ/
future contresignerai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁe/ 		contresigneras
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁa/ 		contresignera
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁa/ 		contresignerons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ 		contresignerez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁe/ 		contresigneront
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contresignerais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		contresignerais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		contresignerait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/ 		contresignerions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contresigneriez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.ʁje/ 		contresigneraient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲə.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 contresigne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		contresignes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		contresigne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		contresignions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲjɔ̃/ 		contresigniez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲje/ 		contresignent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/
imperfect2 contresignasse
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲas/ 		contresignasses
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲas/ 		contresignât
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲa/ 		contresignassions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ 		contresignassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲa.sje/ 		contresignassent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contresigne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.siɲ/ 		— contresignons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲɔ̃/ 		contresignez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.si.ɲe/ 		—
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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