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contester
contester
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/
Verb
contester
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of contester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | contester | avoir contesté | |||||
| gerund | en contestant | en ayant contesté | |||||
| present participle | contestant /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | contesté /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | contestai /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ |
contestas /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ |
contesta /kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/ |
contestâmes /kɔ̃.tɛs.tam/ |
contestâtes /kɔ̃.tɛs.tat/ |
contestèrent /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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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 | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
contestes /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
contestions /kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/ |
contestiez /kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/ |
contestent /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | conteste /kɔ̃.tɛst/ |
— | contestons /kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/ |
contestez /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/ |
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Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
First attested 1338, borrowing from Latin contestor.
Verb
contester
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
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (contester, supplement)
- “contester” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).