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contenter
contenter
English
Adjective
contenter
- (rare) comparative form of content: more content
- December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), ISBN 9780773568334, p. 87:
- I thank God, that my children has got two such good homes as they have, and I am a great deal contenter, than in England, and can make a good living.
- December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), ISBN 9780773568334, p. 87:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃tɑ̃te/
Verb
contenter
- (transitive) to content, to satisfy.
- (reflexive) to content oneself, to be content (with de (“with”))
- Je me contente de très peu d'argent.
- I am content with very little money.
- Il s'est contenté de manger les restes.
- He contented himself with eating the leftovers.
- Je me contente de très peu d'argent.
Conjugation
Conjugation of contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | contenter | avoir contenté | |||||
| gerund | en contentant | en ayant contenté | |||||
| present participle | contentant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
contentaient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | contentai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
contentas /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contenta /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contentâmes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ |
contentâtes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ |
contentèrent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | contenterai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
contenteras /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
contentera /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
contenterons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
contenterez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
contenteront /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
contenterions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contenteriez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
contenteraient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
contentasse /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
contentasses /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
contentât /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
contentassions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
contentassiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
contentassent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
— | contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
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Reflexive:
Conjugation of se contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se contenter | s'être contenté | |||||
| gerund | en se contentant | en s'étant contenté | |||||
| present participle | se contentant /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me contente /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
te contentes /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
se contente /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
nous contentons /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vous contentez /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
se contentent /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | me contentais /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
te contentais /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
se contentait /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
nous contentions /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous contentiez /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se contentaient /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | me contentai /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/ |
te contentas /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
se contenta /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous contentâmes /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/ |
vous contentâtes /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/ |
se contentèrent /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | me contenterai /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
te contenteras /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
se contentera /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
nous contenterons /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous contenterez /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
se contenteront /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | me contenterais /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
te contenterais /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
se contenterait /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
nous contenterions /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous contenteriez /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
se contenteraient /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me contente /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
te contentes /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
se contente /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
nous contentions /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous contentiez /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se contentent /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
me contentasse /mə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
te contentasses /tə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
se contentât /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous contentassions /nu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous contentassiez /vu‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
se contentassent /sə‿.kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | contente-toi /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.‿twa/ |
— | contentons-nous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃.‿nu/ |
contentez-vous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te.‿vu/ |
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