contrebalancer

French

Etymology

contre- +‎ balancer

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/

Verb

contrebalancer

  1. to counterbalance

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Conjugation of contrebalancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle contrebalançant
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle contrebalancé
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/
infinitive
simple contrebalancer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple contrebalançant
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
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 contrebalance
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 contrebalances
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 contrebalance
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 contrebalançons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 contrebalancez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/		 contrebalancent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/
imperfect contrebalançais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/		 contrebalançais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/		 contrebalançait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/		 contrebalancions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 contrebalanciez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sje/		 contrebalançaient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 contrebalançai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/		 contrebalanças
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/		 contrebalança
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/		 contrebalançâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sam/		 contrebalançâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sat/		 contrebalancèrent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future contrebalancerai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/		 contrebalanceras
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/		 contrebalancera
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/		 contrebalancerons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 contrebalancerez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/		 contrebalanceront
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional contrebalancerais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 contrebalancerais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 contrebalancerait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 contrebalancerions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 contrebalanceriez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 contrebalanceraient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 contrebalance
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 contrebalances
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 contrebalance
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 contrebalancions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 contrebalanciez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sje/		 contrebalancent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/
imperfect2 contrebalançasse
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/		 contrebalançasses
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/		 contrebalançât
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/		 contrebalançassions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 contrebalançassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa.sje/		 contrebalançassent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contrebalance
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/		 — contrebalançons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 contrebalancez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/		 —
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).

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