lamenter
English
Etymology
lament + -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Noun
lamenter (plural lamenters)
- One who laments.
French
Etymology
Latin lamentō (“to weep, to cry”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.mɑ̃.te/
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Verb
lamenter
- (reflexive) to lament; to bewail; to bemoan
Conjugation
Conjugation of se lamenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | se lamenter | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se lamentant /sə la.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | lamenté /la.mɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | me lamente /mə la.mɑ̃t/ | te lamentes /tə la.mɑ̃t/ | se lamente /sə la.mɑ̃t/ | nous lamentons /nu la.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ | vous lamentez /vu la.mɑ̃.te/ | se lamentent /sə la.mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | me lamentais /mə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ | te lamentais /tə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ | se lamentait /sə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ | nous lamentions /nu la.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | vous lamentiez /vu la.mɑ̃.tje/ | se lamentaient /sə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me lamentai /mə la.mɑ̃.te/ | te lamentas /tə la.mɑ̃.ta/ | se lamenta /sə la.mɑ̃.ta/ | nous lamentâmes /nu la.mɑ̃.tam/ | vous lamentâtes /vu la.mɑ̃.tat/ | se lamentèrent /sə la.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | me lamenterai /mə la.mɑ̃.tʁe/ | te lamenteras /tə la.mɑ̃.tʁa/ | se lamentera /sə la.mɑ̃.tʁa/ | nous lamenterons /nu la.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | vous lamenterez /vu la.mɑ̃.tʁe/ | se lamenteront /sə la.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me lamenterais /mə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | te lamenterais /tə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | se lamenterait /sə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | nous lamenterions /nu la.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous lamenteriez /vu la.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ | se lamenteraient /sə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | me lamente /mə la.mɑ̃t/ | te lamentes /tə la.mɑ̃t/ | se lamente /sə la.mɑ̃t/ | nous lamentions /nu la.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ | vous lamentiez /vu la.mɑ̃.tje/ | se lamentent /sə la.mɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | me lamentasse /mə la.mɑ̃.tas/ | te lamentasses /tə la.mɑ̃.tas/ | se lamentât /sə la.mɑ̃.ta/ | nous lamentassions /nu la.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | vous lamentassiez /vu la.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ | se lamentassent /sə la.mɑ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lamente-toi /la.mɑ̃t.twa/ | — | lamentons-nous /la.mɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/ | lamentez-vous /la.mɑ̃.te.vu/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- “lamenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- lamèrent, maternel
Latin
Verb
lāmenter
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of lāmentor