challenger in French dictionary

  • challenger

    Meanings and definitions of "challenger"

    Synonyms of "challenger" in French dictionary

    ennemi, prétendant, outsider are the top synonyms of "challenger" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of challenger

    • (Verb) This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written challenge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.    Conjugation of challenger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive challenger avoir challengé
      gerund en challengeant en ayant challengé
      present participle challengeant
      past participle challengé
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present challenge challenges challenge challengeons challengez challengent
      imperfect challengeais challengeais challengeait challengions challengiez challengeaient
      past historic1 challengeai challengeas challengea challengeâmes challengeâtes challengèrent
      future challengerai challengeras challengera challengerons challengerez challengeront
      conditional challengerais challengerais challengerait challengerions challengeriez challengeraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present challenge challenges challenge challengions challengiez challengent
      imperfect1 challengeasse challengeasses challengeât challengeassions challengeassiez challengeassent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — challenge — challengeons challengez —
      1literary tenses
    • This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written challenge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. Conjugation of challenger
      simple compound
      infinitive challenger avoir challengé
      gerund en challengeant en ayant challengé
      present participle challengeant
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
      past participle challengé
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒe/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present challenge
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		challenges
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		challenge
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		challengeons
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/       		challengez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒe/       		challengent
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/
      imperfect challengeais
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/       		challengeais
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/       		challengeait
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/       		challengions
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/       		challengiez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒje/       		challengeaient
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɛ/
      past historic1 challengeai
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒe/       		challengeas
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒa/       		challengea
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒa/       		challengeâmes
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒam/       		challengeâtes
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒat/       		challengèrent
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
      future challengerai
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/       		challengeras
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/       		challengera
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/       		challengerons
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/       		challengerez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/       		challengeront
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional challengerais
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/       		challengerais
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/       		challengerait
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/       		challengerions
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/       		challengeriez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/       		challengeraient
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present challenge
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		challenges
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		challenge
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		challengions
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/       		challengiez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒje/       		challengent
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/
      imperfect1 challengeasse
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒas/       		challengeasses
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒas/       		challengeât
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒa/       		challengeassions
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/       		challengeassiez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒa.sje/       		challengeassent
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒas/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — challenge
      /ʃa.lɑ̃ʒ/       		— challengeons
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/       		challengez
      /ʃa.lɑ̃.ʒe/       		—
      1literary tenses
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