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Webster 1913 Edition
Continuer
Con-tin′u-er
,Noun.
One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence.
“Indulgent continuers in sin.” Hammond.
I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a
continuer
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Continuer
CONTINUER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
continuer
continuer
See also: continnuer
English
Noun
continuer (plural continuers)
- One who, or that which, continues.
- 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education (page 71)
- Under the current CCAFL scheme, syllabuses are developed at three levels: beginners, continuers (second language) and background/first language speakers […]
- 2014, Peter Perciles Trifonas, Themistoklis Aravossitas, Rethinking Heritage Language Education (page 71)
- (linguistics) A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
Verb
continuer
- to continue
Conjugation
Conjugation of continuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | continuer | avoir continué | |||||
| gerund | en continuant | en ayant continué | |||||
| present participle | continuant /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | continué /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continues /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continuons /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ |
continuez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
continuent /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
| imperfect | continuais /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuais /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuait /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
continuions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ |
continuiez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ |
continuaient /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | continuai /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
continuas /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continua /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continuâmes /kɔ̃.ti.nɥam/ |
continuâtes /kɔ̃.ti.nɥat/ |
continuèrent /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | continuerai /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ |
continueras /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ |
continuera /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/ |
continuerons /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
continuerez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/ |
continueront /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | continuerais /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerais /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerait /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
continuerions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ |
continueriez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁje/ |
continueraient /kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continues /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
continuions /kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/ |
continuiez /kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/ |
continuent /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
| imperfect1 |
continuasse /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
continuasses /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
continuât /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/ |
continuassions /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
continuassiez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sje/ |
continuassent /kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | continue /kɔ̃.ti.ny/ |
— | continuons /kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/ |
continuez /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Usage notes
- When followed by an infinitive, à is placed between continuer and the infinitive: Il continue à me déranger.