contrôler

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French contreroller, contreroler, from contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁo.le/
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Verb

contrôler

  1. to check or examine
  2. to control

Conjugation

Conjugation of contrôler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contrôler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contrôlant
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contrôlé
/kɔ̃.tʁo.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contrôle
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		contrôles
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		contrôle
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		contrôlons
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɔ̃/ 		contrôlez
/kɔ̃.tʁo.le/ 		contrôlent
/kɔ̃.tʁol/
imperfect contrôlais
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɛ/ 		contrôlais
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɛ/ 		contrôlait
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɛ/ 		contrôlions
/kɔ̃.tʁo.ljɔ̃/ 		contrôliez
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lje/ 		contrôlaient
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɛ/
past historic2 contrôlai
/kɔ̃.tʁo.le/ 		contrôlas
/kɔ̃.tʁo.la/ 		contrôla
/kɔ̃.tʁo.la/ 		contrôlâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lam/ 		contrôlâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lat/ 		contrôlèrent
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɛʁ/
future contrôlerai
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁe/ 		contrôleras
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁa/ 		contrôlera
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁa/ 		contrôlerons
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁɔ̃/ 		contrôlerez
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁe/ 		contrôleront
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contrôlerais
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁɛ/ 		contrôlerais
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁɛ/ 		contrôlerait
/kɔ̃.tʁol.ʁɛ/ 		contrôlerions
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contrôleriez
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lə.ʁje/ 		contrôleraient
/kɔ̃.tʁol.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 contrôle
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		contrôles
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		contrôle
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		contrôlions
/kɔ̃.tʁo.ljɔ̃/ 		contrôliez
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lje/ 		contrôlent
/kɔ̃.tʁol/
imperfect2 contrôlasse
/kɔ̃.tʁo.las/ 		contrôlasses
/kɔ̃.tʁo.las/ 		contrôlât
/kɔ̃.tʁo.la/ 		contrôlassions
/kɔ̃.tʁo.la.sjɔ̃/ 		contrôlassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁo.la.sje/ 		contrôlassent
/kɔ̃.tʁo.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contrôle
/kɔ̃.tʁol/ 		— contrôlons
/kɔ̃.tʁo.lɔ̃/ 		contrôlez
/kɔ̃.tʁo.le/ 		—
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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