controuver
French, verb/kɔ̃.tʁu.ve/
controuver is a French verb meaning “to contrive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inventer mensongèrement”.
What does controuver mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto contrive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Inventer mensongèrement.
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 controuver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- controuvant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- controuvé participle past
- controuve first-person indicative present
- controuves indicative present second-person
- controuvons first-person indicative plural
- controuvez indicative plural present
- controuvent indicative plural present
- controuvais first-person imperfect indicative
- controuvait imperfect indicative singular
- controuvions first-person imperfect indicative
- controuviez imperfect indicative plural
- controuvaient imperfect indicative plural
- controuvai first-person historic indicative
- controuvas historic indicative past
- controuva historic indicative past
- controuvâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce controuver?
- /kɔ̃.tʁu.ve/
- \kɔ̃.tʁu.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to controuver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.