Inherited from Old French contredire, borrowed from Latin contrādīcere, from contrā (“against”) + dīcō (“to speak”). By surface analysis, contre- + dire.
contredire
This verb is one of a group of -re verbs all ending in -dire. They are conjugated exactly like dire, but with a different second-person plural indicative present (that is, like confire). Members of this group include dédire and interdire.
| infinitive | simple | contredire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contredisant /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contredit /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contredis /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredis /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredit /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredisons /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɔ̃/ |
contredisez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ze/ |
contredisent /kɔ̃.tʁə.diz/ |
| imperfect | contredisais /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɛ/ |
contredisais /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɛ/ |
contredisait /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɛ/ |
contredisions /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zjɔ̃/ |
contredisiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zje/ |
contredisaient /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contredis /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredis /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredit /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredîmes /kɔ̃.tʁə.dim/ |
contredîtes /kɔ̃.tʁə.dit/ |
contredirent /kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ/ | |
| future | contredirai /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁe/ |
contrediras /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁa/ |
contredira /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁa/ |
contredirons /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁɔ̃/ |
contredirez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁe/ |
contrediront /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contredirais /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁɛ/ |
contredirais /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁɛ/ |
contredirait /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁɛ/ |
contredirions /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contrediriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ʁje/ |
contrediraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.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 | contredise /kɔ̃.tʁə.diz/ |
contredises /kɔ̃.tʁə.diz/ |
contredise /kɔ̃.tʁə.diz/ |
contredisions /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zjɔ̃/ |
contredisiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zje/ |
contredisent /kɔ̃.tʁə.diz/ |
| imperfect2 | contredisse /kɔ̃.tʁə.dis/ |
contredisses /kɔ̃.tʁə.dis/ |
contredît /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
contredissions /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.sjɔ̃/ |
contredissiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.sje/ |
contredissent /kɔ̃.tʁə.dis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contredis /kɔ̃.tʁə.di/ |
— | contredisons /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.zɔ̃/ |
contredisez /kɔ̃.tʁə.di.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Borrowed from Latin contrādīcō, contrādīcere, from contrā (“against”) + dīcō (“to speak”).
contredire
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.