contracter

English

Noun

contracter (plural contracters)

  1. Obsolete form of contractor.
    • 1714, Scotland. Court of Session, William Forbes, A Journal of the Session, page 71:
      An apparent Heir in Process ad deliberandum is not in the Case of a Contracter with Creditors, but is only when entred a quasi Contracter: […]

French

Etymology

A learned word created from the root of Latin contractus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁak.te/
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Verb

contracter

  1. (transitive) to engage via a formal or informal contract; to contract
  2. (transitive) to contract a disease; to develop or acquire a bad habit
  3. (transitive) to reduce the volume or size
  4. (reflexive) to reduce its own size

Usage notes

Conjugation
Conjugation of contracter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contracter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contractant
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contracté
/kɔ̃.tʁak.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present contracte
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 contractes
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 contracte
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 contractons
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɔ̃/		 contractez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.te/		 contractent
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/
imperfect contractais
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɛ/		 contractais
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɛ/		 contractait
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɛ/		 contractions
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tjɔ̃/		 contractiez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tje/		 contractaient
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɛ/
past historic2 contractai
/kɔ̃.tʁak.te/		 contractas
/kɔ̃.tʁak.ta/		 contracta
/kɔ̃.tʁak.ta/		 contractâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tam/		 contractâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tat/		 contractèrent
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɛʁ/
future contracterai
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁe/		 contracteras
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁa/		 contractera
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁa/		 contracterons
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 contracterez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁe/		 contracteront
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contracterais
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁɛ/		 contracterais
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁɛ/		 contracterait
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁɛ/		 contracterions
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 contracteriez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tə.ʁje/		 contracteraient
/kɔ̃.tʁak.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 contracte
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 contractes
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 contracte
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 contractions
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tjɔ̃/		 contractiez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tje/		 contractent
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/
imperfect2 contractasse
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tas/		 contractasses
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tas/		 contractât
/kɔ̃.tʁak.ta/		 contractassions
/kɔ̃.tʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/		 contractassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.ta.sje/		 contractassent
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contracte
/kɔ̃.tʁakt/		 — contractons
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɔ̃/		 contractez
/kɔ̃.tʁak.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).

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