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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