cautionner

cautionner

French

Etymology

    From caution +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ko.sjɔ.ne/
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    Verb

    cautionner

    1. (law) to post bail
    2. to support, condone, underwrite, endorse

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of cautionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple cautionner
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple cautionnant
    /ko.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle cautionné
    /ko.sjɔ.ne/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present cautionne
    /ko.sjɔn/     		cautionnes
    /ko.sjɔn/     		cautionne
    /ko.sjɔn/     		cautionnons
    /ko.sjɔ.nɔ̃/     		cautionnez
    /ko.sjɔ.ne/     		cautionnent
    /ko.sjɔn/
    imperfect cautionnais
    /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/     		cautionnais
    /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/     		cautionnait
    /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/     		cautionnions
    /ko.sjɔ.njɔ̃/     		cautionniez
    /ko.sjɔ.nje/     		cautionnaient
    /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/
    past historic2 cautionnai
    /ko.sjɔ.ne/     		cautionnas
    /ko.sjɔ.na/     		cautionna
    /ko.sjɔ.na/     		cautionnâmes
    /ko.sjɔ.nam/     		cautionnâtes
    /ko.sjɔ.nat/     		cautionnèrent
    /ko.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
    future cautionnerai
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁe/     		cautionneras
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁa/     		cautionnera
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁa/     		cautionnerons
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/     		cautionnerez
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁe/     		cautionneront
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional cautionnerais
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/     		cautionnerais
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/     		cautionnerait
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/     		cautionnerions
    /ko.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/     		cautionneriez
    /ko.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/     		cautionneraient
    /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/
    (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 cautionne
    /ko.sjɔn/     		cautionnes
    /ko.sjɔn/     		cautionne
    /ko.sjɔn/     		cautionnions
    /ko.sjɔ.njɔ̃/     		cautionniez
    /ko.sjɔ.nje/     		cautionnent
    /ko.sjɔn/
    imperfect2 cautionnasse
    /ko.sjɔ.nas/     		cautionnasses
    /ko.sjɔ.nas/     		cautionnât
    /ko.sjɔ.na/     		cautionnassions
    /ko.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/     		cautionnassiez
    /ko.sjɔ.na.sje/     		cautionnassent
    /ko.sjɔ.nas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — cautionne
    /ko.sjɔn/     		— cautionnons
    /ko.sjɔ.nɔ̃/     		cautionnez
    /ko.sjɔ.ne/     		—
    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).

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