contenter
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈtɛntɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈtɛntə/
Adjective
contenter
- (rare) comparative form of content: more content
- December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), →ISBN, p. 87:
- I thank God, that my children has got two such good homes as they have, and I am a great deal contenter, than in England, and can make a good living.
- December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), →ISBN, p. 87:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/
Audio (file)
Verb
contenter
Conjugation
Conjugation of contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | contentant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | contenter | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | contentant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.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 | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
contentaient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contentai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
contentas /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contenta /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contentâmes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ |
contentâtes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ |
contentèrent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | contenterai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
contenteras /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
contentera /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
contenterons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
contenterez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
contenteront /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contenteriez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
contenteraient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | contentasse /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
contentasses /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
contentât /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contentassions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
contentassiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
contentassent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
— | contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Reflexive:
Conjugation of se contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | se contentant /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se contenter | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se contentant /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me contente /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
te contentes /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
se contente /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
nous contentons /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vous contentez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
se contentent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | me contentais /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
te contentais /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
se contentait /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
nous contentions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous contentiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se contentaient /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me contentai /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
te contentas /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
se contenta /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous contentâmes /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ |
vous contentâtes /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ |
se contentèrent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | me contenterai /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
te contenteras /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
se contentera /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
nous contenterons /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous contenterez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
se contenteront /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me contenterais /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
te contenterais /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
se contenterait /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
nous contenterions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous contenteriez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
se contenteraient /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me contente /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
te contentes /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
se contente /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
nous contentions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous contentiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se contentent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | me contentasse /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
te contentasses /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
se contentât /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous contentassions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous contentassiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
se contentassent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contente-toi /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.twa/ |
— | contentons-nous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/ |
contentez-vous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “contenter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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