contrarier

French

Etymology

From Latin contrariāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/
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Verb

contrarier

  1. to thwart
  2. to upset
  3. to stand in the way of

Conjugation

Conjugation of contrarier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contrarier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contrariant
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contrarié
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contrarie
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		contraries
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		contrarie
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		contrarions
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrariez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ 		contrarient
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/
imperfect contrariais
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ 		contrariais
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ 		contrariait
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/ 		contrariions
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.jɔ̃/ 		contrariiez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.je/ 		contrariaient
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛ/
past historic2 contrariai
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ 		contrarias
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja/ 		contraria
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja/ 		contrariâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjam/ 		contrariâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjat/ 		contrarièrent
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɛʁ/
future contrarierai
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁe/ 		contrarieras
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁa/ 		contrariera
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁa/ 		contrarierons
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		contrarierez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁe/ 		contrarieront
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contrarierais
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		contrarierais
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		contrarierait
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁɛ/ 		contrarierions
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrarieriez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.ʁje/ 		contrarieraient
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.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 contrarie
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		contraries
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		contrarie
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		contrariions
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.jɔ̃/ 		contrariiez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi.je/ 		contrarient
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/
imperfect2 contrariasse
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjas/ 		contrariasses
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjas/ 		contrariât
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja/ 		contrariassions
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja.sjɔ̃/ 		contrariassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁja.sje/ 		contrariassent
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contrarie
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁi/ 		— contrarions
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrariez
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ 		—
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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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