acclamer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acclāmāre, present active infinitive of acclāmō (“applaud”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kla.me/
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Verb
acclamer
- to acclaim, applaud (to shout applause)
Conjugation
Conjugation of acclamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | acclamer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | acclamant /a.kla.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | acclamé /a.kla.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | acclame /a.klam/ | acclames /a.klam/ | acclame /a.klam/ | acclamons /a.kla.mɔ̃/ | acclamez /a.kla.me/ | acclament /a.klam/ |
| imperfect | acclamais /a.kla.mɛ/ | acclamais /a.kla.mɛ/ | acclamait /a.kla.mɛ/ | acclamions /a.kla.mjɔ̃/ | acclamiez /a.kla.mje/ | acclamaient /a.kla.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | acclamai /a.kla.me/ | acclamas /a.kla.ma/ | acclama /a.kla.ma/ | acclamâmes /a.kla.mam/ | acclamâtes /a.kla.mat/ | acclamèrent /a.kla.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | acclamerai /a.klam.ʁe/ | acclameras /a.klam.ʁa/ | acclamera /a.klam.ʁa/ | acclamerons /a.klam.ʁɔ̃/ | acclamerez /a.klam.ʁe/ | acclameront /a.klam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | acclamerais /a.klam.ʁɛ/ | acclamerais /a.klam.ʁɛ/ | acclamerait /a.klam.ʁɛ/ | acclamerions /a.kla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | acclameriez /a.kla.mə.ʁje/ | acclameraient /a.klam.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 | acclame /a.klam/ | acclames /a.klam/ | acclame /a.klam/ | acclamions /a.kla.mjɔ̃/ | acclamiez /a.kla.mje/ | acclament /a.klam/ |
| imperfect2 | acclamasse /a.kla.mas/ | acclamasses /a.kla.mas/ | acclamât /a.kla.ma/ | acclamassions /a.kla.ma.sjɔ̃/ | acclamassiez /a.kla.ma.sje/ | acclamassent /a.kla.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | acclame /a.klam/ | — | acclamons /a.kla.mɔ̃/ | acclamez /a.kla.me/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- acclamation
- clamer
Further reading
- “acclamer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
acclāmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of acclāmō