contraindre

French

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle French constraindre, from Old French, from Latin constringere, present active infinitive of constringō.

Verb

contraindre

1. To constrain

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in ‘t’ instead of a vowel.

   Conjugation of contraindre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contraindre			avoir contraint
gerund		en contraignant			en ayant contraint
present participle		contraignant
past participle		contraint
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contrains	contrains	contraint	contraignons	contraignez	contraignent
	imperfect	contraignais	contraignais	contraignait	contraignions	contraigniez	contraignaient
	past historic1	contraignis	contraignis	contraignit	contraignîmes	contraignîtes	contraignirent
	future	contraindrai	contraindras	contraindra	contraindrons	contraindrez	contraindront
	conditional	contraindrais	contraindrais	contraindrait	contraindrions	contraindriez	contraindraient
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	contraigne	contraignes	contraigne	contraignions	contraigniez	contraignent
	imperfect1	contraignisse	contraignisses	contraignît	contraignissions	contraignissiez	contraignissent
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	–
		—	contrains	—	contraignons	contraignez	—
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Related terms

• contrainte