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
Usage notes
- The volume-related meanings of contract are usually translated with rétracter or recroqueviller, which may refer to pull away or back, whereas contracter is much more global.
Conjugation
Conjugation of contracter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | contractant /kɔ̃.tʁak.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | contracté /kɔ̃.tʁak.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | contracter | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | contractant /kɔ̃.tʁak.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “contracter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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