consterner
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsternō.
Pronunciation
Verb
consterner
Conjugation
Conjugation of consterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | consterner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | consternant /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | consterné /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
consternes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
consternons /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
consternez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/ |
consternent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | consternais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
consternais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
consternait /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/ |
consternions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
consterniez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nje/ |
consternaient /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | consternai /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/ |
consternas /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/ |
consterna /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/ |
consternâmes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nam/ |
consternâtes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nat/ |
consternèrent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | consternerai /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
consterneras /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
consternera /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
consternerons /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
consternerez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
consterneront /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | consternerais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
consternerais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
consternerait /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
consternerions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
consterneriez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
consterneraient /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.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 | consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
consternes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
consternions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
consterniez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nje/ |
consternent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | consternasse /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/ |
consternasses /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/ |
consternât /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/ |
consternassions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
consternassiez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sje/ |
consternassent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/ |
— | consternons /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
consternez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “consterner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
cōnsterner
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsternō