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contribuer
contribuer
French
Verb
contribuer
- to contribute
- Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.
- This user can contribute with an elementary level of French.
- Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of contribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | contribuer | avoir contribué | |||||
| gerund | en contribuant | en ayant contribué | |||||
| present participle | contribuant /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | contribué /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | contribue /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
contribues /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
contribue /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
contribuons /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/ |
contribuez /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥe/ |
contribuent /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
| imperfect | contribuais /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
contribuais /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
contribuait /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
contribuions /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/ |
contribuiez /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.je/ |
contribuaient /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | contribuai /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥe/ |
contribuas /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥa/ |
contribua /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥa/ |
contribuâmes /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥam/ |
contribuâtes /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥat/ |
contribuèrent /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/ |
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| future | contribuerai /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁe/ |
contribueras /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁa/ |
contribuera /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁa/ |
contribuerons /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/ |
contribuerez /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁe/ |
contribueront /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | contribuerais /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
contribuerais /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
contribuerait /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
contribuerions /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contribueriez /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁje/ |
contribueraient /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | contribue /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
contribues /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
contribue /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
contribuions /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/ |
contribuiez /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.je/ |
contribuent /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
| imperfect1 |
contribuasse /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥas/ |
contribuasses /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥas/ |
contribuât /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥa/ |
contribuassions /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
contribuassiez /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥa.sje/ |
contribuassent /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | contribue /kɔ̃.tʁi.by/ |
— | contribuons /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/ |
contribuez /kɔ̃.tʁi.bɥe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
1340 contrebuer, 1370 contribuer. Borrowing from Latin contribuere, present active infinitive of contribuō, assimilated into the first conjugation group (regular -er suffixed verbs).
Verb
contribuer
- to contribute
- 1370, Oresme, Ethiques
- […] selon la proporcion des pecunes qui furent contribuees.
- […] ccording to the proportion of the wealth contributed.
- […] selon la proporcion des pecunes qui furent contribuees.
- 1370, Oresme, Ethiques
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of contribuer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | contribuer | avoir contribué | |||||
| gerund | en contribuant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | contribuant | ||||||
| past participle | contribué | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | contribue | contribues | contribue | contribuons | contribuez | contribuent |
| imperfect | contribuois, contribuoys | contribuois, contribuoys | contribuoit, contribuoyt | contribuions, contribuyons | contribuiez, contribuyez | contribuoient, contribuoyent | |
| past historic | contribua | contribuas | contribua | contribuasmes | contribuastes | contribuerent | |
| future | contribuerai, contribueray | contribueras | contribuera | contribuerons | contribuerez | contribueront | |
| conditional | contribuerois, contribueroys | contribuerois, contribueroys | contribueroit, contribueroyt | contribuerions, contribueryons | contribueriez, contribueryez | contribueroient, contribueroyent | |
| 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 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | contribue | contribues | contribue | contribuons | contribuez | contribuent |
| imperfect | contribuasse | contribuasses | contribuast | contribuassions | contribuassiez | contribuassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | contribue | — | contribuons | contribuez | — | ||
References
- contribuer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)