codétenir

French

Etymology

From co- +‎ détenir.

Verb

codétenir

1. to detain (or be detained) together with another

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, 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 of codétenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	codétenir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	codétenant /kɔ.det.nɑ̃/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		codétenu /kɔ.det.ny/ or /kɔ.dɛt.ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	codétiens /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/	codétiens /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/	codétient /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/	codétenons /kɔ.det.nɔ̃/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɔ̃/	codétenez /kɔ.det.ne/ or /kɔ.dɛt.ne/	codétiennent /kɔ.de.tjɛn/
	imperfect	codétenais /kɔ.det.nɛ/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɛ/	codétenais /kɔ.det.nɛ/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɛ/	codétenait /kɔ.det.nɛ/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɛ/	codétenions /kɔ.de.tə.njɔ̃/	codéteniez /kɔ.de.tə.nje/	codétenaient /kɔ.det.nɛ/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɛ/
	past historic2	codétins /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/	codétins /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/	codétint /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/	codétînmes /kɔ.de.tɛ̃m/	codétîntes /kɔ.de.tɛ̃t/	codétinrent /kɔ.de.tɛ̃ʁ/
	future	codétiendrai /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁe/	codétiendras /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁa/	codétiendra /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁa/	codétiendrons /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	codétiendrez /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁe/	codétiendront /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	codétiendrais /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	codétiendrais /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	codétiendrait /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	codétiendrions /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	codétiendriez /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	codétiendraient /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	codétienne /kɔ.de.tjɛn/	codétiennes /kɔ.de.tjɛn/	codétienne /kɔ.de.tjɛn/	codétenions /kɔ.de.tə.njɔ̃/	codéteniez /kɔ.de.tə.nje/	codétiennent /kɔ.de.tjɛn/
	imperfect2	codétinsse /kɔ.de.tɛ̃s/	codétinsses /kɔ.de.tɛ̃s/	codétînt /kɔ.de.tɛ̃/	codétinssions /kɔ.de.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	codétinssiez /kɔ.de.tɛ̃.sje/	codétinssent /kɔ.de.tɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	codétiens /kɔ.de.tjɛ̃/	—	codétenons /kɔ.det.nɔ̃/ or /kɔ.dɛt.nɔ̃/	codétenez /kɔ.det.ne/ or /kɔ.dɛt.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
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).