contrefaire

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin contra facere

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃tʁəfɛʁ/

VerbEdit

contrefaire

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

ConjugationEdit

  Conjugation of contrefaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contrefaire			avoir contrefait
gerund		en contrefaisant			en ayant contrefait
present participle		contrefaisant /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɑ̃/
past participle		contrefait /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	contrefais /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ/	contrefais /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ/	contrefait /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ/	contrefaisons /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/	contrefaites /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛt/	contrefont /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɔ̃/
	imperfect	contrefaisais /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɛ/	contrefaisais /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɛ/	contrefaisait /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɛ/	contrefaisions /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zjɔ̃/	contrefaisiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zje/	contrefaisaient /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɛ/
	past historic1	contrefis /kɔ̃.tʁə.fi/	contrefis /kɔ̃.tʁə.fi/	contrefit /kɔ̃.tʁə.fi/	contrefîmes /kɔ̃.tʁə.fim/	contrefîtes /kɔ̃.tʁə.fit/	contrefirent /kɔ̃.tʁə.fiʁ/
	future	contreferai /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁe/	contreferas /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁa/	contrefera /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁa/	contreferons /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/	contreferez /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁe/	contreferont /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	contreferais /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/	contreferais /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/	contreferait /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/	contreferions /kɔ̃.tʁə.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	contreferiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.fə.ʁje/	contreferaient /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/
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 /kɔ̃.tʁə.fas/	contrefasses /kɔ̃.tʁə.fas/	contrefasse /kɔ̃.tʁə.fas/	contrefassions /kɔ̃.tʁə.fa.sjɔ̃/	contrefassiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.fa.sje/	contrefassent /kɔ̃.tʁə.fas/
	imperfect1	contrefisse /kɔ̃.tʁə.fis/	contrefisses /kɔ̃.tʁə.fis/	contrefît /kɔ̃.tʁə.fi/	contrefissions /kɔ̃.tʁə.fi.sjɔ̃/	contrefissiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.fi.sje/	contrefissent /kɔ̃.tʁə.fis/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	contrefais /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ/	—	contrefaisons /kɔ̃.tʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/	contrefaites /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛt/	—
1literary tenses

Further readingEdit

• “contrefaire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• confèrerait, conférerait
• contreferai
• forcènerait
• forceraient

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• countrefaire

EtymologyEdit

Late Latin *contrāfaciō, corresponding to contrā (“against”) + faciō (“to make”)

VerbEdit

contrefaire

1. to counterfeit (make false objects)

ConjugationEdit

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of contrefaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		contrefaire			avoir contrefait
gerund		en contrefaisant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		contrefaisant
past participle		contrefait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	contrefaz, contrefai	contrefais	contrefait	contrefaimes, contrefaisons	contrefaites	contrefont
	imperfect	contrefaisoie, contrefaiseie	contrefaisoies, contrefaiseies	contrefaisoit, contrefaiseit	contrefaisiiens, contrefaisiens	contrefaisiiez, contrefaisiez	contrefaisoient, contrefaiseient
	preterite	contrefis	contrefeṣis	contrefist	contrefeṣimes	contrefeṣistes	contrefirent
	future	contreferai	contreferas	contrefera	contreferons	contreferoiz, contrefereiz, contreferez	contreferont
	conditional	contreferoie, contrefereie	contreferoies, contrefereies	contreferoit, contrefereit	contreferiiens, contreferiens	contreferiiez, contreferiez	contreferoient, contrefereient
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 anterior	Use the preterite 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 jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	contreface	contrefaces	contreface	contrefaciens, contrefaçons	contrefaciez	contrefacent
	imperfect	contrefeṣisse	contrefeṣisses	contrefeṣist	contrefeṣissons, contrefeṣissiens	contrefeṣissoiz, contrefeṣissez, contrefeṣissiez	contrefeṣissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	contrefa	—	contrefaimes, contrefaisons	contrefaites	—

DescendantsEdit

• English: to counterfeit
• French: contrefaire