contrecarrer
French
Etymology
From contre- + carrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/
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Verb
contrecarrer
- to thwart; to stymie
Conjugation
Conjugation of contrecarrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | contrecarrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | contrecarrant /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | contrecarré /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | contrecarre /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | contrecarres /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | contrecarre /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | contrecarrons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɔ̃/ | contrecarrez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ | contrecarrent /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ |
imperfect | contrecarrais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ | contrecarrais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ | contrecarrait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ | contrecarrions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrecarriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁje/ | contrecarraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | contrecarrai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ | contrecarras /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa/ | contrecarra /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa/ | contrecarrâmes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁam/ | contrecarrâtes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁat/ | contrecarrèrent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | contrecarrerai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁe/ | contrecarreras /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁa/ | contrecarrera /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁa/ | contrecarrerons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | contrecarrerez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁe/ | contrecarreront /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | contrecarrerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | contrecarrerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | contrecarrerait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | contrecarrerions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrecarreriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁje/ | contrecarreraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.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 | contrecarre /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | contrecarres /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | contrecarre /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | contrecarrions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrecarriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁje/ | contrecarrent /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ |
imperfect2 | contrecarrasse /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁas/ | contrecarrasses /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁas/ | contrecarrât /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa/ | contrecarrassions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | contrecarrassiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa.sje/ | contrecarrassent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | contrecarre /kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ | — | contrecarrons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɔ̃/ | contrecarrez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ | — | |
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). |
Descendants
- → German: konterkarieren
Further reading
- “contrecarrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.