contrefaire

French

Etymology

From Late Latin contra facere

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃tʁəfɛʁ/

Verb

contrefaire

1. to forge, counterfeit
2. to imitate, mimic
3. to disguise

Conjugation

   Conjugation of contrefaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contrefaire			avoir contrefait
gerund		en contrefaisant			en ayant contrefait
present participle		contrefaisant
past participle		contrefait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contrefais	contrefais	contrefait	contrefaisons	contrefaites	contrefont
	imperfect	contrefaisais	contrefaisais	contrefaisait	contrefaisions	contrefaisiez	contrefaisaient
	past historic1	contrefis	contrefis	contrefit	contrefîmes	contrefîtes	contrefirent
	future	contreferai	contreferas	contrefera	contreferons	contreferez	contreferont
	conditional	contreferais	contreferais	contreferait	contreferions	contreferiez	contreferaient
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	contrefasse	contrefasses	contrefasse	contrefassions	contrefassiez	contrefassent
	imperfect1	contrefisse	contrefisses	contrefît	contrefissions	contrefissiez	contrefissent
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	–
		—	contrefais	—	contrefaisons	contrefaites	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• confèrerait, conférerait
• contreferai
• forcènerait
• forceraient