cimenter

cimenter

French

Etymology

    From ciment +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /si.mɑ̃.te/
    • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
    • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)
    • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)

    Verb

    cimenter

    1. (transitive) to cement
    2. (transitive) to confirm

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of cimenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple cimenter
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple cimentant
    /si.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle cimenté
    /si.mɑ̃.te/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present cimente
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		cimentes
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		cimente
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		cimentons
    /si.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/     		cimentez
    /si.mɑ̃.te/     		cimentent
    /si.mɑ̃t/
    imperfect cimentais
    /si.mɑ̃.tɛ/     		cimentais
    /si.mɑ̃.tɛ/     		cimentait
    /si.mɑ̃.tɛ/     		cimentions
    /si.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/     		cimentiez
    /si.mɑ̃.tje/     		cimentaient
    /si.mɑ̃.tɛ/
    past historic2 cimentai
    /si.mɑ̃.te/     		cimentas
    /si.mɑ̃.ta/     		cimenta
    /si.mɑ̃.ta/     		cimentâmes
    /si.mɑ̃.tam/     		cimentâtes
    /si.mɑ̃.tat/     		cimentèrent
    /si.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
    future cimenterai
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁe/     		cimenteras
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁa/     		cimentera
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁa/     		cimenterons
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/     		cimenterez
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁe/     		cimenteront
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
    conditional cimenterais
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/     		cimenterais
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/     		cimenterait
    /si.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/     		cimenterions
    /si.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/     		cimenteriez
    /si.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/     		cimenteraient
    /si.mɑ̃.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 cimente
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		cimentes
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		cimente
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		cimentions
    /si.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/     		cimentiez
    /si.mɑ̃.tje/     		cimentent
    /si.mɑ̃t/
    imperfect2 cimentasse
    /si.mɑ̃.tas/     		cimentasses
    /si.mɑ̃.tas/     		cimentât
    /si.mɑ̃.ta/     		cimentassions
    /si.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/     		cimentassiez
    /si.mɑ̃.ta.sje/     		cimentassent
    /si.mɑ̃.tas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — cimente
    /si.mɑ̃t/     		— cimentons
    /si.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/     		cimentez
    /si.mɑ̃.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).

    Further reading

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.