disputer

English

Etymology

dispute +‎ -er

Noun

disputer (plural disputers)

1. One who disputes.

Anagrams

• purdiest, stupider

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.py.te/

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Verb

disputer

1. (reflexive) to dispute

   Ils se sont encore disputés l’autre soir.

   They had another argument the other night.

2. to take part in

Conjugation

Conjugation of disputer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	disputer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	disputant /dis.py.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		disputé /dis.py.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputes /dis.pyt/	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputons /dis.py.tɔ̃/	disputez /dis.py.te/	disputent /dis.pyt/
	imperfect	disputais /dis.py.tɛ/	disputais /dis.py.tɛ/	disputait /dis.py.tɛ/	disputions /dis.py.tjɔ̃/	disputiez /dis.py.tje/	disputaient /dis.py.tɛ/
	past historic2	disputai /dis.py.te/	disputas /dis.py.ta/	disputa /dis.py.ta/	disputâmes /dis.py.tam/	disputâtes /dis.py.tat/	disputèrent /dis.py.tɛʁ/
	future	disputerai /dis.py.tʁe/	disputeras /dis.py.tʁa/	disputera /dis.py.tʁa/	disputerons /dis.py.tʁɔ̃/	disputerez /dis.py.tʁe/	disputeront /dis.py.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	disputerais /dis.py.tʁɛ/	disputerais /dis.py.tʁɛ/	disputerait /dis.py.tʁɛ/	disputerions /dis.py.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	disputeriez /dis.py.tə.ʁje/	disputeraient /dis.py.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputes /dis.pyt/	dispute /dis.pyt/	disputions /dis.py.tjɔ̃/	disputiez /dis.py.tje/	disputent /dis.pyt/
	imperfect2	disputasse /dis.py.tas/	disputasses /dis.py.tas/	disputât /dis.py.ta/	disputassions /dis.py.ta.sjɔ̃/	disputassiez /dis.py.ta.sje/	disputassent /dis.py.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dispute /dis.pyt/	—	disputons /dis.py.tɔ̃/	disputez /dis.py.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of se disputer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se disputer
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se disputant /sə dis.py.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		disputé /dis.py.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me dispute /mə dis.pyt/	te disputes /tə dis.pyt/	se dispute /sə dis.pyt/	nous disputons /nu dis.py.tɔ̃/	vous disputez /vu dis.py.te/	se disputent /sə dis.pyt/
	imperfect	me disputais /mə dis.py.tɛ/	te disputais /tə dis.py.tɛ/	se disputait /sə dis.py.tɛ/	nous disputions /nu dis.py.tjɔ̃/	vous disputiez /vu dis.py.tje/	se disputaient /sə dis.py.tɛ/
	past historic2	me disputai /mə dis.py.te/	te disputas /tə dis.py.ta/	se disputa /sə dis.py.ta/	nous disputâmes /nu dis.py.tam/	vous disputâtes /vu dis.py.tat/	se disputèrent /sə dis.py.tɛʁ/
	future	me disputerai /mə dis.py.tʁe/	te disputeras /tə dis.py.tʁa/	se disputera /sə dis.py.tʁa/	nous disputerons /nu dis.py.tʁɔ̃/	vous disputerez /vu dis.py.tʁe/	se disputeront /sə dis.py.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me disputerais /mə dis.py.tʁɛ/	te disputerais /tə dis.py.tʁɛ/	se disputerait /sə dis.py.tʁɛ/	nous disputerions /nu dis.py.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous disputeriez /vu dis.py.tə.ʁje/	se disputeraient /sə dis.py.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me dispute /mə dis.pyt/	te disputes /tə dis.pyt/	se dispute /sə dis.pyt/	nous disputions /nu dis.py.tjɔ̃/	vous disputiez /vu dis.py.tje/	se disputent /sə dis.pyt/
	imperfect2	me disputasse /mə dis.py.tas/	te disputasses /tə dis.py.tas/	se disputât /sə dis.py.ta/	nous disputassions /nu dis.py.ta.sjɔ̃/	vous disputassiez /vu dis.py.ta.sje/	se disputassent /sə dis.py.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	dispute-toi /dis.pyt.twa/	—	disputons-nous /dis.py.tɔ̃.nu/	disputez-vous /dis.py.te.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• chamailler
• quereller

Further reading

• “disputer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

disputer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of disputō