contester
English
Etymology
contest + -er
Noun
contester (plural contesters)
- One who contests something.
- 2000, Robert S. Menchin, Where There's a Will
- Meanwhile, Millar's second cousins and even more remote relatives hired lawyers to litigate the will out of existence. Contesters of the will claimed that the clause “encouraged immorality” and was “against public policy” […]
- 2000, Robert S. Menchin, Where There's a Will
Anagrams
- Cornettes, recontest
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/
Audio (file)
Verb
contester
- to contest; to challenge; to dispute
Conjugation
Conjugation of contester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contestant /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contesté /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | contestes /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | contestons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/ | contestez /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ | contestent /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
| imperfect | contestais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ | contestais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ | contestait /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ | contestions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ | contestiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/ | contestaient /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contestai /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ | contestas /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ | contesta /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ | contestâmes /kɔ̃.tɛs.tam/ | contestâtes /kɔ̃.tɛs.tat/ | contestèrent /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | contesterai /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁe/ | contesteras /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁa/ | contestera /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁa/ | contesterons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | contesterez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁe/ | contesteront /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contesterais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | contesterais /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | contesterait /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/ | contesterions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | contesteriez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁje/ | contesteraient /kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.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 | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | contestes /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | contestions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ | contestiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/ | contestent /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
| imperfect2 | contestasse /kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/ | contestasses /kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/ | contestât /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ | contestassions /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | contestassiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sje/ | contestassent /kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ | — | contestons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/ | contestez /kɔ̃.tɛs.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- contestation
Further reading
- “contester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- corsètent, escortent
Latin
Verb
contester
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of contestor
Norman
Etymology
From Latin contestor, contestārī (“call to witness”).
Verb
contester
- (Jersey) to contest
Old French
Etymology
First attested 1338, Latin contestor.
Verb
contester
- to contest; to dispute
- to attest
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of contester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | contester | avoir contesté | |||||
| gerund | en contestant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | contestant | ||||||
| past participle | contesté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | contest | contestes | conteste | contestons | contestez | contestent |
| imperfect | contestoie, contesteie, contestoe, contesteve | contestoies, contesteies, contestoes, contesteves | contestoit, contesteit, contestot, contesteve | contestiiens, contestiens | contestiiez, contestiez | contestoient, contesteient, contestoent, contestevent | |
| preterite | contestai | contestas | contesta | contestames | contestastes | contesterent | |
| future | contesterai | contesteras | contestera | contesterons | contesteroiz, contestereiz, contesterez | contesteront | |
| conditional | contesteroie, contestereie | contesteroies, contestereies | contesteroit, contestereit | contesteriiens, contesteriens | contesteriiez, contesteriez | contesteroient, contestereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | contest | contez | contest | contestons | contestez | contestent |
| imperfect | contestasse | contestasses | contestast | contestissons, contestissiens | contestissoiz, contestissez, contestissiez | contestassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conteste | — | contestons | contestez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: contest
- French: contester
- Norman: contester
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (contester, supplement)
- Etymology and history of “contester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.