contemner
English
Etymology
Noun
contemner (plural contemners)
- One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.
- ante 1588: Thomas Cartwright (probably), A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons, in Cartwrightiana (1951; edited by Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson), page 244 (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Routledge; →ISBN, 0415319897)
- Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.
- 1861 November, Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII (February 1862), page 10:
- I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ”
- 1908, Henry James, chapter VIII, in The Portrait of a Lady (The Novels and Tales of Henry James), New York edition, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as The Portrait of a Lady (EBook #283), United States: Project Gutenberg, 1 September 2001:
- From all of which Isabel gathered that Lord Warburton was a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways.
- ante 1588: Thomas Cartwright (probably), A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons, in Cartwrightiana (1951; edited by Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson), page 244 (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Routledge; →ISBN, 0415319897)
Translations
Translations
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French contemner, from Latin contemnere.
Pronunciation
Verb
contemner
Conjugation
Conjugation of contemner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | contemner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | contemnant /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contemné /kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contemne /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
contemnes /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
contemne /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
contemnons /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɔ̃/ |
contemnez /kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ |
contemnent /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
| imperfect | contemnais /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ |
contemnais /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ |
contemnait /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ |
contemnions /kɔ̃.tɛm.njɔ̃/ |
contemniez /kɔ̃.tɛm.nje/ |
contemnaient /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | contemnai /kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ |
contemnas /kɔ̃.tɛm.na/ |
contemna /kɔ̃.tɛm.na/ |
contemnâmes /kɔ̃.tɛm.nam/ |
contemnâtes /kɔ̃.tɛm.nat/ |
contemnèrent /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | contemnerai /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁe/ |
contemneras /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁa/ |
contemnera /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁa/ |
contemnerons /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
contemnerez /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁe/ |
contemneront /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | contemnerais /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ |
contemnerais /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ |
contemnerait /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ |
contemnerions /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
contemneriez /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁje/ |
contemneraient /kɔ̃.tɛm.nə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | contemne /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
contemnes /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
contemne /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
contemnions /kɔ̃.tɛm.njɔ̃/ |
contemniez /kɔ̃.tɛm.nje/ |
contemnent /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
| imperfect2 | contemnasse /kɔ̃.tɛm.nas/ |
contemnasses /kɔ̃.tɛm.nas/ |
contemnât /kɔ̃.tɛm.na/ |
contemnassions /kɔ̃.tɛm.na.sjɔ̃/ |
contemnassiez /kɔ̃.tɛm.na.sje/ |
contemnassent /kɔ̃.tɛm.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contemne /kɔ̃.tɛmn/ |
— | contemnons /kɔ̃.tɛm.nɔ̃/ |
contemnez /kɔ̃.tɛm.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
Related terms
Further reading
- “contemner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
- “contemner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin contemnere.
Verb
contemner
- (transitive) to contemn
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of contemner
| infinitive | simple | contemner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | contemnant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | contemné | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contemne | contemnes | contemne | contemnons | contemnez | contemnent |
| imperfect | contemnois, contemnoys | contemnois, contemnoys | contemnoit, contemnoyt | contemnions, contemnyons | contemniez, contemnyez | contemnoient, contemnoyent | |
| past historic | contemna | contemnas | contemna | contemnasmes | contemnastes | contemnerent | |
| future | contemnerai, contemneray | contemneras | contemnera | contemnerons | contemnerez | contemneront | |
| conditional | contemnerois, contemneroys | contemnerois, contemneroys | contemneroit, contemneroyt | contemnerions, contemneryons | contemneriez, contemneryez | contemneroient, contemneroyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | contemne | contemnes | contemne | contemnons | contemnez | contemnent |
| imperfect | contemnasse | contemnasses | contemnast | contemnassions | contemnassiez | contemnassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | contemne | — | contemnons | contemnez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- French: contemner
Further reading
- contemner on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)