assonancer
French
Etymology
assonance + -er
Pronunciation
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Verb
assonancer
- to use assonance
- to harmonize
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 assonancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | assonancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | assonançant /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | assonancé /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | assonances /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | assonançons /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | assonancez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.se/ | assonancent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | assonançais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/ | assonançais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/ | assonançait /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/ | assonancions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | assonanciez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sje/ | assonançaient /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | assonançai /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.se/ | assonanças /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa/ | assonança /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa/ | assonançâmes /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sam/ | assonançâtes /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sat/ | assonancèrent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | assonancerai /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁe/ | assonanceras /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁa/ | assonancera /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁa/ | assonancerons /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | assonancerez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁe/ | assonanceront /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | assonancerais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | assonancerais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | assonancerait /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | assonancerions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | assonanceriez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | assonanceraient /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.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 | assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | assonances /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | assonancions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | assonanciez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sje/ | assonancent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | assonançasse /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sas/ | assonançasses /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sas/ | assonançât /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa/ | assonançassions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | assonançassiez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa.sje/ | assonançassent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/ | — | assonançons /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | assonancez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “assonancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.