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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