contrarier
French, verb/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/
contrarier is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written French, the 25,925th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrarier is a French verb meaning “to thwart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Empêcher d’agir, d’aboutir”.
What does contrarier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thwart
- 2
to upset
- 3
to stand in the way of
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Empêcher d’agir, d’aboutir. 2. Chagriner, causer du dépit par des actions ou des paroles. 3. S’opposer à une ou plusieurs personnes par ses actions ou par ses paroles. 4. Être en opposition.
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 contrarier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- contrariant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- contrarié participle past
- contrarie first-person indicative present
- contraries indicative present second-person
- contrarions first-person indicative plural
- contrariez indicative plural present
- contrarient indicative plural present
- contrariais first-person imperfect indicative
- contrariait imperfect indicative singular
- contrariions first-person imperfect indicative
- contrariiez imperfect indicative plural
- contrariaient imperfect indicative plural
- contrariai first-person historic indicative
- contrarias historic indicative past
- contraria historic indicative past
- contrariâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrarier?
- /kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/
- \kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\
- [kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrarier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrarier in French?
contrarier appears 1.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).