contraposer
French, verb/kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/
contraposer is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-S-E-R (11 letters). Contraposer is a French verb meaning “to counterpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appliquer une contraposition à”.
What does contraposer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to counterpose
- 2
to apply a counterposition to
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Appliquer une contraposition à.
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 contraposer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- contraposant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- contraposé participle past
- contrapose first-person indicative present
- contraposes indicative present second-person
- contraposons first-person indicative plural
- contraposez indicative plural present
- contraposent indicative plural present
- contraposais first-person imperfect indicative
- contraposait imperfect indicative singular
- contraposions first-person imperfect indicative
- contraposiez imperfect indicative plural
- contraposaient imperfect indicative plural
- contraposai first-person historic indicative
- contraposas historic indicative past
- contraposa historic indicative past
- contraposâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraposer?
- /kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze/
- \kɔ̃.tʁa.po.ze\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.