contrister

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French

Etymology

From Latin contristāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁis.te/
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Verb

contrister

  1. (transitive) to grieve (for)

Conjugation

Conjugation of contrister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple contrister
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple contristant
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle contristé
/kɔ̃.tʁis.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present contriste
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		contristes
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		contriste
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		contristons
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɔ̃/ 		contristez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.te/ 		contristent
/kɔ̃.tʁist/
imperfect contristais
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɛ/ 		contristais
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɛ/ 		contristait
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɛ/ 		contristions
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tjɔ̃/ 		contristiez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tje/ 		contristaient
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɛ/
past historic2 contristai
/kɔ̃.tʁis.te/ 		contristas
/kɔ̃.tʁis.ta/ 		contrista
/kɔ̃.tʁis.ta/ 		contristâmes
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tam/ 		contristâtes
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tat/ 		contristèrent
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɛʁ/
future contristerai
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁe/ 		contristeras
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁa/ 		contristera
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁa/ 		contristerons
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		contristerez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁe/ 		contristeront
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional contristerais
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		contristerais
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		contristerait
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		contristerions
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		contristeriez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tə.ʁje/ 		contristeraient
/kɔ̃.tʁis.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 contriste
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		contristes
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		contriste
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		contristions
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tjɔ̃/ 		contristiez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tje/ 		contristent
/kɔ̃.tʁist/
imperfect2 contristasse
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tas/ 		contristasses
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tas/ 		contristât
/kɔ̃.tʁis.ta/ 		contristassions
/kɔ̃.tʁis.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		contristassiez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.ta.sje/ 		contristassent
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — contriste
/kɔ̃.tʁist/ 		— contristons
/kɔ̃.tʁis.tɔ̃/ 		contristez
/kɔ̃.tʁis.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

contrīster

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of contrīstō
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