contrebalancer
French
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/
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Conjugation
    
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of contrebalancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contrebalancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contrebalançant /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contrebalancé /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | contrebalances /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | contrebalançons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | contrebalancez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ | contrebalancent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | 
| imperfect | contrebalançais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ | contrebalançais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ | contrebalançait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ | contrebalancions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | contrebalanciez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sje/ | contrebalançaient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contrebalançai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ | contrebalanças /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/ | contrebalança /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/ | contrebalançâmes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sam/ | contrebalançâtes /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sat/ | contrebalancèrent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | contrebalancerai /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/ | contrebalanceras /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/ | contrebalancera /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁa/ | contrebalancerons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | contrebalancerez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁe/ | contrebalanceront /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contrebalancerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | contrebalancerais /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | contrebalancerait /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | contrebalancerions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | contrebalanceriez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | contrebalanceraient /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | contrebalances /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | contrebalancions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | contrebalanciez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sje/ | contrebalancent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | 
| imperfect2 | contrebalançasse /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/ | contrebalançasses /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/ | contrebalançât /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa/ | contrebalançassions /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | contrebalançassiez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sa.sje/ | contrebalançassent /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contrebalance /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃s/ | — | contrebalançons /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | contrebalancez /kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
    
- “contrebalancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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