communier
French
Etymology
Borrowed (according to the TLFi) from Ecclesiastical Latin commūnicāre, present active infinitive of commūnicō. Doublet of communiquer, a more recent borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ.my.nje/
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Verb
communier
- (intransitive) to receive communion
- (transitive) to administer communion
- (transitive) to communicate
Conjugation
Conjugation of communier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | communier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | communiant /kɔ.my.njɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | communié /kɔ.my.nje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | communie /kɔ.my.ni/ | communies /kɔ.my.ni/ | communie /kɔ.my.ni/ | communions /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/ | communiez /kɔ.my.nje/ | communient /kɔ.my.ni/ |
| imperfect | communiais /kɔ.my.njɛ/ | communiais /kɔ.my.njɛ/ | communiait /kɔ.my.njɛ/ | communiions /kɔ.my.ni.jɔ̃/ | communiiez /kɔ.my.ni.je/ | communiaient /kɔ.my.njɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | communiai /kɔ.my.nje/ | communias /kɔ.my.nja/ | communia /kɔ.my.nja/ | communiâmes /kɔ.my.njam/ | communiâtes /kɔ.my.njat/ | communièrent /kɔ.my.njɛʁ/ | |
| future | communierai /kɔ.my.ni.ʁe/ | communieras /kɔ.my.ni.ʁa/ | communiera /kɔ.my.ni.ʁa/ | communierons /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | communierez /kɔ.my.ni.ʁe/ | communieront /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | communierais /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/ | communierais /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/ | communierait /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/ | communierions /kɔ.my.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ | communieriez /kɔ.my.ni.ʁje/ | communieraient /kɔ.my.ni.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 | communie /kɔ.my.ni/ | communies /kɔ.my.ni/ | communie /kɔ.my.ni/ | communiions /kɔ.my.ni.jɔ̃/ | communiiez /kɔ.my.ni.je/ | communient /kɔ.my.ni/ |
| imperfect2 | communiasse /kɔ.my.njas/ | communiasses /kɔ.my.njas/ | communiât /kɔ.my.nja/ | communiassions /kɔ.my.nja.sjɔ̃/ | communiassiez /kɔ.my.nja.sje/ | communiassent /kɔ.my.njas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | communie /kɔ.my.ni/ | — | communions /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/ | communiez /kɔ.my.nje/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “communier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.