contempler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contemplāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ple/
Audio: (file)
- Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: contemplai, contemplé, contemplée, contemplées, contemplés, contemplez
Verb
contempler
- to contemplate
- to look at (with one's eyes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contempler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contempler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contemplant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contemplé /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ple/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contemple /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
contemples /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
contemple /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
contemplons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɔ̃/ |
contemplez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ple/ |
contemplent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
| imperfect | contemplais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɛ/ |
contemplais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɛ/ |
contemplait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɛ/ |
contemplions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pli.jɔ̃/ |
contempliez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pli.je/ |
contemplaient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contemplai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ple/ |
contemplas /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla/ |
contempla /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla/ |
contemplâmes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plam/ |
contemplâtes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plat/ |
contemplèrent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɛʁ/ | |
| future | contemplerai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁe/ |
contempleras /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁa/ |
contemplera /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁa/ |
contemplerons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁɔ̃/ |
contemplerez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁe/ |
contempleront /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contemplerais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁɛ/ |
contemplerais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁɛ/ |
contemplerait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁɛ/ |
contemplerions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contempleriez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.ʁje/ |
contempleraient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plə.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 | contemple /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
contemples /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
contemple /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
contemplions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pli.jɔ̃/ |
contempliez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pli.je/ |
contemplent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
| imperfect2 | contemplasse /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plas/ |
contemplasses /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plas/ |
contemplât /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla/ |
contemplassions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃/ |
contemplassiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sje/ |
contemplassent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contemple /kɔ̃.tɑ̃pl/ |
— | contemplons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.plɔ̃/ |
contemplez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ple/ |
— | |
| 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
- contemplable
- contemplateur
- contemplatif
- contemplation
- incontemplable
Further reading
- “contempler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔnˈtɛm.pɫɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̪ˈt̪ɛm.pler]
Verb
contempler
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of contemplor