controverser
English
Noun
controverser (plural controversers)
- (obsolete) controverter, one who controverts
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
controverser
- (transitive) to controvert
Conjugation
Conjugation of controverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | controverser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | controversant /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | controversé /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | controverses /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | controversons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | controversez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/ | controversent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ |
imperfect | controversais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | controversais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | controversait /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | controversions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | controversiez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sje/ | controversaient /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | controversai /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/ | controversas /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa/ | controversa /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa/ | controversâmes /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sam/ | controversâtes /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sat/ | controversèrent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/ | |
future | controverserai /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | controverseras /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | controversera /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/ | controverserons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | controverserez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/ | controverseront /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | controverserais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | controverserais /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | controverserait /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/ | controverserions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | controverseriez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/ | controverseraient /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sə.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 | controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | controverses /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | controversions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | controversiez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sje/ | controversent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ |
imperfect2 | controversasse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sas/ | controversasses /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sas/ | controversât /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa/ | controversassions /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | controversassiez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sa.sje/ | controversassent /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ | — | controversons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ | controversez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/ | — | |
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
- controverse
- controversé
Further reading
- “controverser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.