contester

English

Etymology

contest +‎ -er

Noun

contester (plural contesters)

  1. One who contests something.
    • 2000, Robert S. Menchin, Where There's a Will:
      Meanwhile, Millar's second cousins and even more remote relatives hired lawyers to litigate the will out of existence. Contesters of the will claimed that the clause “encouraged immorality” and was “against public policy” […]

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contestārī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛs.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

contester

  1. to contest; to challenge; to dispute

Conjugation
Conjugation of contester (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contester
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contestant
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contesté
/kɔ̃.tɛs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present conteste
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 contestes
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 conteste
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 contestons
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/		 contestez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.te/		 contestent
/kɔ̃.tɛst/
imperfect contestais
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/		 contestais
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/		 contestait
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/		 contestions
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/		 contestiez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/		 contestaient
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛ/
past historic2 contestai
/kɔ̃.tɛs.te/		 contestas
/kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/		 contesta
/kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/		 contestâmes
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tam/		 contestâtes
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tat/		 contestèrent
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɛʁ/
future contesterai
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁe/		 contesteras
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁa/		 contestera
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁa/		 contesterons
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 contesterez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁe/		 contesteront
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contesterais
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 contesterais
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 contesterait
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁɛ/		 contesterions
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 contesteriez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.ʁje/		 contesteraient
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tə.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 conteste
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 contestes
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 conteste
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 contestions
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tjɔ̃/		 contestiez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tje/		 contestent
/kɔ̃.tɛst/
imperfect2 contestasse
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/		 contestasses
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/		 contestât
/kɔ̃.tɛs.ta/		 contestassions
/kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/		 contestassiez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sje/		 contestassent
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conteste
/kɔ̃.tɛst/		 — contestons
/kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃/		 contestez
/kɔ̃.tɛs.te/		 —
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).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

contester

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of contestor

Norman

Etymology

From Latin contestor, contestārī (“call to witness”).

Verb

contester

  1. (Jersey) to contest

Old French

Etymology

First attested 1338, Latin contestor.

Verb

contester

  1. to contest; to dispute
  2. to attest

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of contester (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive contester avoir contesté
gerund en contestant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle contestant
past participle contesté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present contest contestes conteste contestons contestez contestent
imperfect contestoie, contesteie, contestoe, contesteve contestoies, contesteies, contestoes, contesteves contestoit, contesteit, contestot, contesteve contestiiens, contestiens contestiiez, contestiez contestoient, contesteient, contestoent, contestevent
preterite contestai contestas contesta contestames contestastes contesterent
future contesterai contesteras contestera contesterons contesteroiz, contestereiz, contesterez contesteront
conditional contesteroie, contestereie contesteroies, contestereies contesteroit, contestereit contesteriiens, contesteriens contesteriiez, contesteriez contesteroient, contestereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present contest contez contest contestons contestez contestent
imperfect contestasse contestasses contestast contestissons, contestissiens contestissoiz, contestissez, contestissiez contestassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— conteste — contestons contestez —

Descendants
  • English: contest
  • French: contester
  • Norman: contester

References
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