contraposer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contraponere, altered based on French poser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/
Verb
contraposer
- to counterpose
- (mathematics) to apply a counterposition to
Conjugation
Conjugation of contraposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contraposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contraposant /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contraposé /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contrapose /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
contraposes /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
contrapose /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
contraposons /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɔ̃/ |
contraposez /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/ |
contraposent /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
| imperfect | contraposais /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɛ/ |
contraposais /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɛ/ |
contraposait /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɛ/ |
contraposions /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zjɔ̃/ |
contraposiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zje/ |
contraposaient /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contraposai /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/ |
contraposas /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.za/ |
contraposa /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.za/ |
contraposâmes /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zam/ |
contraposâtes /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zat/ |
contraposèrent /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | contraposerai /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁe/ |
contraposeras /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁa/ |
contraposera /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁa/ |
contraposerons /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
contraposerez /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁe/ |
contraposeront /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contraposerais /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁɛ/ |
contraposerais /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁɛ/ |
contraposerait /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.ʁɛ/ |
contraposerions /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contraposeriez /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zə.ʁje/ |
contraposeraient /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz.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 | contrapose /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
contraposes /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
contrapose /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
contraposions /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zjɔ̃/ |
contraposiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zje/ |
contraposent /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | contraposasse /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zas/ |
contraposasses /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zas/ |
contraposât /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.za/ |
contraposassions /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
contraposassiez /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.za.sje/ |
contraposassent /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contrapose /kɔ̃.tʁa.poz/ |
— | contraposons /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.zɔ̃/ |
contraposez /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||