contenter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛntɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛntə/

Adjective

contenter

1. (rare) comparative form of content: more content
   • December 21, 1832, Thomas Adsett, letter to the Rev. Robert Ridsdal, published in Wendy Cameron et al. (eds.), English Immigrant Voices: Labourers’ Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s (McGill-Queen's Press, 2000), →ISBN, p. 87:

     I thank God, that my children has got two such good homes as they have, and I am a great deal contenter, than in England, and can make a good living.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/

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Verb

contenter

1. (transitive) to content, to satisfy
2. (reflexive) to content oneself, to be content [with de ‘with something’]

   Je me contente de très peu d'argent.

   I am content with very little money.

   Il s'est contenté de manger les restes.

   He contented himself with eating the leftovers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	contenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	contentant /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/	contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect	contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/	contentais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/	contentait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/	contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/	contentaient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	contentai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/	contentas /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/	contenta /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/	contentâmes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/	contentâtes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/	contentèrent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	contenterai /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/	contenteras /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/	contentera /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/	contenterons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	contenterez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/	contenteront /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	contenterais /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	contenterait /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	contenterions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	contenteriez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	contenteraient /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	contentes /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	contentions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	contentiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/	contentent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	contentasse /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/	contentasses /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/	contentât /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/	contentassions /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	contentassiez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/	contentassent /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	contente /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	—	contentons /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	contentez /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/	—
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).

Conjugation of se contenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se contenter
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se contentant /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		contenté /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me contente /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	te contentes /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	se contente /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	nous contentons /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	vous contentez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/	se contentent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect	me contentais /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/	te contentais /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/	se contentait /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/	nous contentions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	vous contentiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/	se contentaient /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	me contentai /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te/	te contentas /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/	se contenta /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/	nous contentâmes /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tam/	vous contentâtes /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tat/	se contentèrent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	me contenterai /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/	te contenteras /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/	se contentera /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁa/	nous contenterons /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	vous contenterez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁe/	se contenteront /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me contenterais /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	te contenterais /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	se contenterait /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	nous contenterions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous contenteriez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	se contenteraient /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me contente /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	te contentes /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	se contente /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/	nous contentions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	vous contentiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tje/	se contentent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	me contentasse /mə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/	te contentasses /tə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/	se contentât /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta/	nous contentassions /nu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	vous contentassiez /vu kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta.sje/	se contentassent /sə kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	contente-toi /kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.twa/	—	contentons-nous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/	contentez-vous /kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: kontante

Further reading

• “contenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• contèrent