contenir
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continēre; adapted to inherited tenir.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kun.təˈni]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kon.təˈni]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kon.teˈniɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Verb edit
contenir (first-person singular present continc, first-person singular preterite continguí, past participle contingut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to contain
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of contenir (third conjugation, without -eix-, irregular, with velar infix)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French contenir, borrowed from Latin continēre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
contenir
- (transitive) to contain
- (transitive) to contain, to hold back, to keep in check (to control)
- contenir ses émotions ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (transitive) to hold, to take, to seat (to have a capacity of)
- Cette salle peut contenir deux cent personnes. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive)
Conjugation edit
This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as retenir 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 contenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contenir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contenant /kɔ̃t.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| 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 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 | contienne /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
contiennes /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
contienne /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
contenions /kɔ̃.tə.njɔ̃/ |
conteniez /kɔ̃.tə.nje/ |
contiennent /kɔ̃.tjɛn/ |
| 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 of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contiens /kɔ̃.tjɛ̃/ |
— | contenons /kɔ̃t.nɔ̃/ |
contenez /kɔ̃t.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “contenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin continēre, present active infinitive of contineō.
Verb edit
contenir
- (reflexive, se contenir) to control oneself, to keep one's feelings and behavior in check
- (reflexive, se contenir) to behave (in a given way)
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem contien distinct from the unstressed stem conten, 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 of se contenir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | se contenir | estre contenu | |||||
| gerund | en contenant | gerund of estre + past participle | |||||
| present participle | contenant | ||||||
| past participle | contenu | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | me contieng, me contien | te contiens | se contient | nos contenons | vos contenez | se contienent |
| imperfect | me contenoie, me conteneie | te contenoies, te conteneies | se contenoit, se conteneit | nos conteniiens, nos conteniens | vos conteniiez, vos conteniez | se contenoient, se conteneient | |
| preterite | me contin | te contenis | se contint | nos contenimes | vos contenistes | se contindrent, se continrent | |
| future | me contendrai | te contendras | se contendra | nos contendrons | vos contendroiz, vos contendreiz, vos contendrez | se contendront | |
| conditional | me contendroie, me contendreie | te contendroies, te contendreies | se contendroit, se contendreit | nos contendriiens, nos contendriens | vos contendriiez, vos contendriez | se contendroient, se contendreient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of estre + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of estre + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | me contiegne | te contiegnes | se contiegne | nos contiegniens, nos contiegnons | vos contiegniez | se contiegnent |
| imperfect | me contenisse | te contenisses | se contenist | nos contenissons, nos contenissiens | vos contenissoiz, vos contenissez, vos contenissiez | se contenissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of estre + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | contien-toi | — | contenons-nos | contenez-vos | — | ||