contrecarrer

French

Etymology

From contre- +‎ carrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/
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Verb

contrecarrer

  1. to thwart; to stymie

Conjugation

Conjugation of contrecarrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contrecarrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contrecarrant
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contrecarré
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contrecarre
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		contrecarres
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		contrecarre
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		contrecarrons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɔ̃/ 		contrecarrez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ 		contrecarrent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/
imperfect contrecarrais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ 		contrecarrais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ 		contrecarrait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/ 		contrecarrions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrecarriez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁje/ 		contrecarraient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛ/
past historic2 contrecarrai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ 		contrecarras
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa/ 		contrecarra
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa/ 		contrecarrâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁam/ 		contrecarrâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁat/ 		contrecarrèrent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɛʁ/
future contrecarrerai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁe/ 		contrecarreras
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁa/ 		contrecarrera
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁa/ 		contrecarrerons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		contrecarrerez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁe/ 		contrecarreront
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contrecarrerais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		contrecarrerais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		contrecarrerait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		contrecarrerions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrecarreriez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.ʁje/ 		contrecarreraient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁə.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 contrecarre
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		contrecarres
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		contrecarre
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		contrecarrions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrecarriez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁje/ 		contrecarrent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/
imperfect2 contrecarrasse
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁas/ 		contrecarrasses
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁas/ 		contrecarrât
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa/ 		contrecarrassions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		contrecarrassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁa.sje/ 		contrecarrassent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contrecarre
/kɔ̃.tʁə.kaʁ/ 		— contrecarrons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁɔ̃/ 		contrecarrez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ka.ʁe/ 		—
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).

Descendants

  • → German: konterkarieren

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