contracter

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English

Noun

contracter (plural contracters)

  1. Obsolete form of contractor.
    • 1714, Scotland. Court of Session, William Forbes, A Journal of the Session, page 71:
      An apparent Heir in Process ad deliberandum is not in the Case of a Contracter with Creditors, but is only when entred a quasi 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

  1. (transitive) to engage via a formal or informal contract; to contract
  2. (transitive) to contract a disease; to develop or acquire a bad habit
  3. (transitive) to reduce the volume or size
  4. (reflexive) to reduce its own size

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)
infinitive simple contracter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contractant
/kɔ̃.tʁak.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contracté
/kɔ̃.tʁak.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 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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