cautionner
French
Etymology
From caution + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.sjɔ.ne/
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Verb
cautionner
- (law) to post bail
- to support
Conjugation
Conjugation of cautionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cautionner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | cautionnant /ko.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | cautionné /ko.sjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | cautionne /ko.sjɔn/ | cautionnes /ko.sjɔn/ | cautionne /ko.sjɔn/ | cautionnons /ko.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ | cautionnez /ko.sjɔ.ne/ | cautionnent /ko.sjɔn/ |
imperfect | cautionnais /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ | cautionnais /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ | cautionnait /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ | cautionnions /ko.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ | cautionniez /ko.sjɔ.nje/ | cautionnaient /ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | cautionnai /ko.sjɔ.ne/ | cautionnas /ko.sjɔ.na/ | cautionna /ko.sjɔ.na/ | cautionnâmes /ko.sjɔ.nam/ | cautionnâtes /ko.sjɔ.nat/ | cautionnèrent /ko.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | cautionnerai /ko.sjɔn.ʁe/ | cautionneras /ko.sjɔn.ʁa/ | cautionnera /ko.sjɔn.ʁa/ | cautionnerons /ko.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | cautionnerez /ko.sjɔn.ʁe/ | cautionneront /ko.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | cautionnerais /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | cautionnerais /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | cautionnerait /ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | cautionnerions /ko.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cautionneriez /ko.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ | cautionneraient /ko.sjɔn.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 | cautionne /ko.sjɔn/ | cautionnes /ko.sjɔn/ | cautionne /ko.sjɔn/ | cautionnions /ko.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ | cautionniez /ko.sjɔ.nje/ | cautionnent /ko.sjɔn/ |
imperfect2 | cautionnasse /ko.sjɔ.nas/ | cautionnasses /ko.sjɔ.nas/ | cautionnât /ko.sjɔ.na/ | cautionnassions /ko.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | cautionnassiez /ko.sjɔ.na.sje/ | cautionnassent /ko.sjɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | cautionne /ko.sjɔn/ | — | cautionnons /ko.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ | cautionnez /ko.sjɔ.ne/ | — | |
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
- “cautionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.