controverser
French, verb/kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/
controverser is a French verb meaning “to controvert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Débattre quelque chose particulièrement en matière de dogme, de doctrine”.
What does controverser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to controvert
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Débattre quelque chose particulièrement en matière de dogme, de doctrine.
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 controverser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- controversant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- controversé participle past
- controverse first-person indicative present
- controverses indicative present second-person
- controversons first-person indicative plural
- controversez indicative plural present
- controversent indicative plural present
- controversais first-person imperfect indicative
- controversait imperfect indicative singular
- controversions first-person imperfect indicative
- controversiez imperfect indicative plural
- controversaient imperfect indicative plural
- controversai first-person historic indicative
- controversas historic indicative past
- controversa historic indicative past
- controversâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce controverser?
- /kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se/
- \kɔ̃.tʁɔ.vɛʁ.se\
- [kɔ̃.t̪ʁɔ.vɛʁ.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to controverser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.