contrarier
French
Etymology
From Latin contrariō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/
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Verb
contrarier
- to thwart
- to upset
- to stand in the way of
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrarier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | contrarier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | contrariant /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | contrarié /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | contrarie /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | contraries /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | contrarie /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | contrarions /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrariez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ | contrarient /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ |
imperfect | contrariais /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ | contrariais /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ | contrariait /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ | contrariions /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.jɔ̃/ | contrariiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.je/ | contrariaient /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | contrariai /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ | contrarias /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja/ | contraria /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja/ | contrariâmes /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjam/ | contrariâtes /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjat/ | contrarièrent /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛʁ/ | |
future | contrarierai /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁe/ | contrarieras /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁa/ | contrariera /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁa/ | contrarierons /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | contrarierez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁe/ | contrarieront /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | contrarierais /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | contrarierais /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | contrarierait /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɛ/ | contrarierions /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrarieriez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁje/ | contrarieraient /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.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 | contrarie /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | contraries /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | contrarie /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | contrariions /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.jɔ̃/ | contrariiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.je/ | contrarient /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ |
imperfect2 | contrariasse /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjas/ | contrariasses /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjas/ | contrariât /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja/ | contrariassions /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja.sjɔ̃/ | contrariassiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja.sje/ | contrariassent /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | contrarie /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ | — | contrarions /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrariez /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “contrarier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.