contenir

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Etymology

From Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

contenir (first-person singular present continc, past participle contingut)

1. to contain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contenir (second conjugation with velar infix, type tenir)

infinitive			contenir
present participle			contenint
past participle			contingut
person		singular			plural
		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	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
	present	contingui	continguis	contingui	continguem	contingueu	continguin
	imperfect	contingués	continguessis	contingués	continguéssim	continguéssiu	continguessin
imperative		-	tu	ell/ella	nosaltres	vosaltres	ells/elles
			contén	contingui	continguem	conteniu	continguin

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French

Etymology

From Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

contenir

1. To contain (To have in)
2. To contain, to hold back (control, e.g. a disease)
3. To hold, to take, to seat (To have a capacity of)

Conjugation

• This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as retenir and détenir, are conjugated this way.

   Conjugation of contenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contenir			avoir contenu
gerund		en contenant			en ayant contenu
present participle		contenant
past participle		contenu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contiens	contiens	contient	contenons	contenez	contiennent
	imperfect	contenais	contenais	contenait	contenions	conteniez	contenaient
	past historic1	contins	contins	contint	contînmes	contîntes	continrent
	future	contiendrai	contiendras	contiendra	contiendrons	contiendrez	contiendront
	conditional	contiendrais	contiendrais	contiendrait	contiendrions	contiendriez	contiendraient
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	contienne	contiennes	contienne	contenions	conteniez	contiennent
	imperfect1	continsse	continsses	contînt	continssions	continssiez	continssent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	contiens	—	contenons	contenez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Verb

contenir

1. (reflexive, se contenir) to behave (in a given way)

Related terms

• contenance

Descendants

• French: contenir
• Jèrriais: cont'nîn