prononcer
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prōnūntiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/
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Verb
prononcer
- to pronounce
- to say, mention
- to give, deliver (a speech)
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of prononcer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | prononcer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | prononçant /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | prononcé /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | prononces /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | prononçons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ | prononcez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ | prononcent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
imperfect | prononçais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | prononçais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | prononçait /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | prononcions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ | prononciez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sje/ | prononçaient /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | prononçai /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ | prononças /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ | prononça /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ | prononçâmes /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sam/ | prononçâtes /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sat/ | prononcèrent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
future | prononcerai /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁe/ | prononceras /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁa/ | prononcera /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁa/ | prononcerons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | prononcerez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁe/ | prononceront /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | prononcerais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | prononcerais /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | prononcerait /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | prononcerions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | prononceriez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ | prononceraient /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | prononces /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | prononcions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ | prononciez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sje/ | prononcent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ |
imperfect2 | prononçasse /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ | prononçasses /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ | prononçât /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa/ | prononçassions /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | prononçassiez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ | prononçassent /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | prononce /pʁɔ.nɔ̃s/ | — | prononçons /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ | prononcez /pʁɔ.nɔ̃.se/ | — | |
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). |
Synonyms
- articuler
- dire
Related terms
- prononçable
- prononcé
- prononciation
Further reading
- “prononcer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.