châtier
French
Etymology
From Old French chastier, castier inherited from Latin castīgāre, present active infinitive of castīgō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.tje/, /ʃɑ.tje/
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Verb
châtier
- (transitive) to chastise, punish, castigate, smite
Conjugation
Conjugation of châtier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | châtier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | châtiant /ʃa.tjɑ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | châtié /ʃa.tje/ or /ʃɑ.tje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | châtie /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | châties /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | châtie /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | châtions /ʃa.tjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tjɔ̃/ | châtiez /ʃa.tje/ or /ʃɑ.tje/ | châtient /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ |
imperfect | châtiais /ʃa.tjɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tjɛ/ | châtiais /ʃa.tjɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tjɛ/ | châtiait /ʃa.tjɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tjɛ/ | châtiions /ʃa.ti.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.ti.jɔ̃/ | châtiiez /ʃa.ti.je/ or /ʃɑ.ti.je/ | châtiaient /ʃa.tjɛ/ or /ʃɑ.tjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | châtiai /ʃa.tje/ or /ʃɑ.tje/ | châtias /ʃa.tja/ or /ʃɑ.tja/ | châtia /ʃa.tja/ or /ʃɑ.tja/ | châtiâmes /ʃa.tjam/ or /ʃɑ.tjam/ | châtiâtes /ʃa.tjat/ or /ʃɑ.tjat/ | châtièrent /ʃa.tjɛʁ/ or /ʃɑ.tjɛʁ/ | |
future | châtierai /ʃa.ti.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁe/ | châtieras /ʃa.ti.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁa/ | châtiera /ʃa.ti.ʁa/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁa/ | châtierons /ʃa.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | châtierez /ʃa.ti.ʁe/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁe/ | châtieront /ʃa.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | châtierais /ʃa.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ | châtierais /ʃa.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ | châtierait /ʃa.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ | châtierions /ʃa.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | châtieriez /ʃa.ti.ʁje/ or /ʃɑ.ti.ʁje/ | châtieraient /ʃa.ti.ʁɛ/ or /ʃɑ.ti.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 | châtie /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | châties /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | châtie /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | châtiions /ʃa.ti.jɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.ti.jɔ̃/ | châtiiez /ʃa.ti.je/ or /ʃɑ.ti.je/ | châtient /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ |
imperfect2 | châtiasse /ʃa.tjas/ or /ʃɑ.tjas/ | châtiasses /ʃa.tjas/ or /ʃɑ.tjas/ | châtiât /ʃa.tja/ or /ʃɑ.tja/ | châtiassions /ʃa.tja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tja.sjɔ̃/ | châtiassiez /ʃa.tja.sje/ or /ʃɑ.tja.sje/ | châtiassent /ʃa.tjas/ or /ʃɑ.tjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | châtie /ʃa.ti/ or /ʃɑ.ti/ | — | châtions /ʃa.tjɔ̃/ or /ʃɑ.tjɔ̃/ | châtiez /ʃa.tje/ or /ʃɑ.tje/ | — | |
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
- qui aime bien châtie bien
Related terms
- châtiment
- chaste
Further reading
- “châtier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- charité
- cithare