concourir

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin concurrere, based on French courir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ku.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

concourir

  1. (intransitive) to compete, to contend
  2. (followed by the preposition à) to contribute, to play a role in
  3. (mathematics) to converge

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like other regular -ir verbs, except that in the conditional and future tenses an extra 'r' is added to the end of the stem and the past participle ends in -u. All verb ending in -courir are conjugated this way.

Conjugation of concourir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple concourir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple concourant
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle concouru
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present concours
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		concours
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		concourt
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		concourons
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɔ̃/ 		concourez
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁe/ 		concourent
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/
imperfect concourais
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɛ/ 		concourais
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɛ/ 		concourait
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɛ/ 		concourions
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ 		concouriez
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁje/ 		concouraient
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɛ/
past historic2 concourus
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy/ 		concourus
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy/ 		concourut
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy/ 		concourûmes
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁym/ 		concourûtes
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁyt/ 		concoururent
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁyʁ/
future concourrai
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁe/ 		concourras
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁa/ 		concourra
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁa/ 		concourrons
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/ 		concourrez
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁe/ 		concourront
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional concourrais
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁɛ/ 		concourrais
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁɛ/ 		concourrait
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁɛ/ 		concourrions
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		concourriez
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.ʁje/ 		concourraient
/kɔ̃.kuʁ.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 concoure
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		concoures
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		concoure
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		concourions
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁjɔ̃/ 		concouriez
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁje/ 		concourent
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/
imperfect2 concourusse
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁys/ 		concourusses
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁys/ 		concourût
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy/ 		concourussions
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ 		concourussiez
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁy.sje/ 		concourussent
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — concours
/kɔ̃.kuʁ/ 		— concourons
/kɔ̃.ku.ʁɔ̃/ 		concourez
/kɔ̃.ku.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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