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Webster 1913 Edition
Controverser
Con′tro-verˊser
,Noun.
A disputant.
[Obs.]
Whole libraries of
controversial
books. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Controverser
CONTROVERSER
, CONTROVERSOR,Noun.
Definition 2024
controverser
controverser
French
Verb
controverser
- (transitive) to controvert
Conjugation
Conjugation of controverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | controverser | avoir controversé | |||||
| gerund | en controversant | en ayant controversé | |||||
| present participle | controversant /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | controversé /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| 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/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | controverse /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁs/ |
— | controversons /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/ |
controversez /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/ |
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