contrevenir

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

contrevenir

  1. (with the preposition à) to contravene
    contrevenir à un règlement ― contravene a rule

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

Conjugation of contrevenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contrevenir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contrevenant
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contrevenu
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).ny/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contreviens
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		contreviens
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		contrevient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		contrevenons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/ 		contrevenez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).ne/ 		contreviennent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛn/
imperfect contrevenais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ 		contrevenais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ 		contrevenait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɛ/ 		contrevenions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.və.njɔ̃/ 		contreveniez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.və.nje/ 		contrevenaient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɛ/
past historic2 contrevins
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃/ 		contrevins
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃/ 		contrevint
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃/ 		contrevînmes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃m/ 		contrevîntes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃t/ 		contrevinrent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃ʁ/
future contreviendrai
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ 		contreviendras
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ 		contreviendra
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁa/ 		contreviendrons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		contreviendrez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe/ 		contreviendront
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional contreviendrais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		contreviendrais
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		contreviendrait
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/ 		contreviendrions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		contreviendriez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/ 		contreviendraient
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 contrevienne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛn/ 		contreviennes
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛn/ 		contrevienne
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛn/ 		contrevenions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.və.njɔ̃/ 		contreveniez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.və.nje/ 		contreviennent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛn/
imperfect2 contrevinsse
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃s/ 		contrevinsses
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃s/ 		contrevînt
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃/ 		contrevinssions
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		contrevinssiez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃.sje/ 		contrevinssent
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vɛ̃s/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contreviens
/kɔ̃.tʁə.vjɛ̃/ 		— contrevenons
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).nɔ̃/ 		contrevenez
/kɔ̃.tʁə.v(ə).ne/ 		—
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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