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contenir

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Catalan

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IPA^(key): (Central)[kun.təˈni]
IPA^(key): (Balearic)[kon.təˈni]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[kon.teˈniɾ]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-i(ɾ)

Verb

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contenir (first-person singular presentcontinc,first-person singular preteritecontinguí,past participlecontingut);root stress:(Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

tocontain

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofcontenir (third conjugation, without-eix-, irregular, with velar infix)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			contenir
gerund			contenint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contingut		continguda
		plural		continguts		contingudes
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	continc	contens	conté	contenim	conteniu	contenen
	imperfect	contenia	contenies	contenia	conteníem	conteníeu	contenien
	future	contindré	contindràs	contindrà	contindrem	contindreu	contindran
	preterite	continguí	contingueres	contingué	continguérem	continguéreu	contingueren
	conditional	contindria	contindries	contindria	contindríem	contindríeu	contindrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	contingui	continguis	contingui	continguem	contingueu	continguin
	imperfect	contingués	continguessis	contingués	continguéssim	continguéssiu	continguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	contén,contingues	contingui	continguem	conteniu,contingueu	continguin
	negative (no)	—	no continguis	no contingui	no continguem	no contingueu	no continguin

French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchcontenir, borrowed fromLatincontinēre.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /kɔ̃t.niʁ/
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Verb

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contenir

(transitive) tocontain
(transitive) to contain, tohold back, to keepin check(to control)
contenir ses émotions ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
(transitive) tohold, totake, toseat(to have a capacity of)
Cette salle peutcontenir deux cent personnes. ―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
(reflexive)

Conjugation

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This is a verb in a group of-ir verbs. All verbs ending in-tenir, such asretenir anddétenir, 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 ofcontenir(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	contenir
present participle orgerund¹	simple	contenant /kɔ̃t.nɑ̃/
present participle orgerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		contenu /kɔ̃t.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/	contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/	contient /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/	contenons /kɔ̃t.nɔ̃/	contenez /kɔ̃t.ne/	contiennent /kɔ̃.tjɛn/
	imperfect	contenais /kɔ̃t.nɛ/	contenais /kɔ̃t.nɛ/	contenait /kɔ̃t.nɛ/	contenions /kɔ̃.tə.njɔ̃/	conteniez /kɔ̃.tə.nje/	contenaient /kɔ̃t.nɛ/
	past historic²	contins /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/	contins /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/	contint /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/	contînmes /kɔ̃.tɛ̃m/	contîntes /kɔ̃.tɛ̃t/	continrent /kɔ̃.tɛ̃ʁ/
	future	contiendrai /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁe/	contiendras /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁa/	contiendra /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁa/	contiendrons /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	contiendrez /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁe/	contiendront /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	contiendrais /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	contiendrais /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	contiendrait /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	contiendrions /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	contiendriez /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	contiendraient /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative ofavoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative ofavoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic ofavoir + past participle
	future perfect	future ofavoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional ofavoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	contienne /kɔ̃.tjɛn/	contiennes /kɔ̃.tjɛn/	contienne /kɔ̃.tjɛn/	contenions /kɔ̃.tə.njɔ̃/	conteniez /kɔ̃.tə.nje/	contiennent /kɔ̃.tjɛn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	continsse /kɔ̃.tɛ̃s/	continsses /kɔ̃.tɛ̃s/	contînt /kɔ̃.tɛ̃/	continssions /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	continssiez /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.sje/	continssent /kɔ̃.tɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive ofavoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/	—	contenons /kɔ̃t.nɔ̃/	contenez /kɔ̃t.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative ofavoir + past participle	—	simple imperative ofavoir + past participle	simple imperative ofavoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
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 [1995],Master the Basics: French, pp.77,78,79,81).

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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cuntenir

Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatincontinēre.

Verb

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contenir

(reflexive, se contenir) tocontrol oneself, to keep one's feelings and behavior in check
(reflexive, se contenir) tobehave(in a given way)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stemcontien distinct from the unstressed stemconten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation ofsecontenir (see alsoAppendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		secontenir			estrecontenu
gerund		encontenant			gerund ofestre + past participle
present participle		contenant
past participle		contenu
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	mecontieng, mecontien	tecontiens	secontient	noscontenons	voscontenez	secontienent
	imperfect	mecontenoie, meconteneie	tecontenoies, teconteneies	secontenoit, seconteneit	nosconteniiens, nosconteniens	vosconteniiez, vosconteniez	secontenoient, seconteneient
	preterite	mecontin	tecontenis	secontint	noscontenimes	voscontenistes	secontindrent, secontinrent
	future	mecontendrai	tecontendras	secontendra	noscontendrons	voscontendroiz, voscontendreiz, voscontendrez	secontendront
	conditional	mecontendroie, mecontendreie	tecontendroies, tecontendreies	secontendroit, secontendreit	noscontendriiens, noscontendriens	voscontendriiez, voscontendriez	secontendroient, secontendreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense ofestre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense ofestre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense ofestre + past participle
	future perfect	future tense ofestre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense ofestre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	mecontiegne	tecontiegnes	secontiegne	noscontiegniens, noscontiegnons	voscontiegniez	secontiegnent
simple tenses	imperfect	mecontenisse	tecontenisses	secontenist	noscontenissons, noscontenissiens	voscontenissoiz, voscontenissez, voscontenissiez	secontenissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive ofestre + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive ofestre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	contien-toi	—	contenons-nos	contenez-vos	—