contraindre

B2#6,775

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verb

to constrain
to compel; force

Forms

Present

I	contrains
you	contrains
he, she, it	contraint
we	contraignons
you (plural)	contraignez
they	contraignent

Imperfect

I	contraignais
you	contraignais
he, she, it	contraignait
we	contraignions
you (plural)	contraigniez
they	contraignaient

Past historic

I	contraignis
you	contraignis
he, she, it	contraignit
we	contraignîmes
you (plural)	contraignîtes
they	contraignirent

Future

I	contraindrai
you	contraindras
he, she, it	contraindra
we	contraindrons
you (plural)	contraindrez
they	contraindront

Conditional

I	contraindrais
you	contraindrais
he, she, it	contraindrait
we	contraindrions
you (plural)	contraindriez
they	contraindraient

Subjunctive

I	contraigne
you	contraignes
he, she, it	contraigne
we	contraignions
you (plural)	contraigniez
they	contraignent

Imperfect subjunctive

I	contraignisse
you	contraignisses
he, she, it	contraignît
we	contraignissions
you (plural)	contraignissiez
they	contraignissent

Imperative

you	contrains
we	contraignons
you (plural)	contraignez

Other forms

infinitive	contraindre
past participle	contraint
gerund	contraignant

More forms are in the app.

Used in the library

Je ne me sens pas encore assez hardi pour la contraindre à m'écouter.I still don't feel bold enough to force her to listen to me.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
Ayant échoué dans toutes ses ouvertures pacifiques, il fut contraint de recourir à la force, et ayant fait débarquer ses soldats avec un corps de matelots, il attaqua le fort avec une extrême vivacité.Having failed in all his peaceful openings, he was forced to resort to force, and having landed his soldiers with a body of sailors, he attacked the fort with extreme vivacity.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I
Bien plus, dès que m. de Vilarme apparaissait dans une réunion où se trouvait Jeanne, celle-ci changeait de couleur et se montrait si troublée, si contrainte, qu'on ne fut pas longtemps à le remarquer.Much more, as soon as m. Vilarme appeared in a meeting where Jeanne was present, she changed her colour and was so troubled, so constrained, that it was not long before he was noticed.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac

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