calomnier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calumniārī, calumnior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.lɔm.nje/
calomnier (file)
Verb
calomnier
- to slander, libel, besmirch, calumniate
Conjugation
Conjugation of calomnier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | calomnier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | calomniant /ka.lɔm.njɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | calomnié /ka.lɔm.nje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | calomnie /ka.lɔm.ni/ | calomnies /ka.lɔm.ni/ | calomnie /ka.lɔm.ni/ | calomnions /ka.lɔm.njɔ̃/ | calomniez /ka.lɔm.nje/ | calomnient /ka.lɔm.ni/ |
| imperfect | calomniais /ka.lɔm.njɛ/ | calomniais /ka.lɔm.njɛ/ | calomniait /ka.lɔm.njɛ/ | calomniions /ka.lɔm.ni.jɔ̃/ | calomniiez /ka.lɔm.ni.je/ | calomniaient /ka.lɔm.njɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | calomniai /ka.lɔm.nje/ | calomnias /ka.lɔm.nja/ | calomnia /ka.lɔm.nja/ | calomniâmes /ka.lɔm.njam/ | calomniâtes /ka.lɔm.njat/ | calomnièrent /ka.lɔm.njɛʁ/ | |
| future | calomnierai /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁe/ | calomnieras /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁa/ | calomniera /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁa/ | calomnierons /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | calomnierez /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁe/ | calomnieront /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | calomnierais /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁɛ/ | calomnierais /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁɛ/ | calomnierait /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁɛ/ | calomnierions /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ | calomnieriez /ka.lɔm.ni.ʁje/ | calomnieraient /ka.lɔm.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 | calomnie /ka.lɔm.ni/ | calomnies /ka.lɔm.ni/ | calomnie /ka.lɔm.ni/ | calomniions /ka.lɔm.ni.jɔ̃/ | calomniiez /ka.lɔm.ni.je/ | calomnient /ka.lɔm.ni/ |
| imperfect2 | calomniasse /ka.lɔm.njas/ | calomniasses /ka.lɔm.njas/ | calomniât /ka.lɔm.nja/ | calomniassions /ka.lɔm.nja.sjɔ̃/ | calomniassiez /ka.lɔm.nja.sje/ | calomniassent /ka.lɔm.njas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | calomnie /ka.lɔm.ni/ | — | calomnions /ka.lɔm.njɔ̃/ | calomniez /ka.lɔm.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- calomnieux
- calomnie
Further reading
- “calomnier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.