contingenter
French, verb/kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃.te/
contingenter is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written French, the 207,469th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contingenter is a French verb meaning “to apply a quota to” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Restreindre, limiter par des barrières administratives les importations, la production, etc”.
What does contingenter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to apply a quota to
- 2
to brake
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Restreindre, limiter par des barrières administratives les importations, la production, etc. 2. Freiner.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contingenter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- contingentant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- contingenté participle past
- contingente first-person indicative present
- contingentes indicative present second-person
- contingentons first-person indicative plural
- contingentez indicative plural present
- contingentent indicative plural present
- contingentais first-person imperfect indicative
- contingentait imperfect indicative singular
- contingentions first-person imperfect indicative
- contingentiez imperfect indicative plural
- contingentaient imperfect indicative plural
- contingentai first-person historic indicative
- contingentas historic indicative past
- contingenta historic indicative past
- contingentâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contingenter?
- /kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃.te/
- \kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contingenter in French?
contingenter appears about once in every 43 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).