cendrer
Catalan
Etymology
cendra + -er
Noun
cendrer m (plural cendrers)
- ashtray
French
Etymology
cendre + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.dʁe/
Audio (Lyon, France) (file) - Homophones: cendrai, cendrez, cendré
Verb
cendrer
- (dated, painting) to give the color of ash
- (dated, art) to mix or cover with ashes
Conjugation
Conjugation of cendrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cendrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cendrant /sɑ̃.dʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cendré /sɑ̃.dʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | cendre /sɑ̃dʁ/ | cendres /sɑ̃dʁ/ | cendre /sɑ̃dʁ/ | cendrons /sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | cendrez /sɑ̃.dʁe/ | cendrent /sɑ̃dʁ/ |
| imperfect | cendrais /sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | cendrais /sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | cendrait /sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | cendrions /sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | cendriez /sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ | cendraient /sɑ̃.dʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cendrai /sɑ̃.dʁe/ | cendras /sɑ̃.dʁa/ | cendra /sɑ̃.dʁa/ | cendrâmes /sɑ̃.dʁam/ | cendrâtes /sɑ̃.dʁat/ | cendrèrent /sɑ̃.dʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | cendrerai /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ | cendreras /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ | cendrera /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁa/ | cendrerons /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | cendrerez /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁe/ | cendreront /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cendrerais /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ | cendrerais /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ | cendrerait /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁɛ/ | cendrerions /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cendreriez /sɑ̃.dʁə.ʁje/ | cendreraient /sɑ̃.dʁə.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 | cendre /sɑ̃dʁ/ | cendres /sɑ̃dʁ/ | cendre /sɑ̃dʁ/ | cendrions /sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ | cendriez /sɑ̃.dʁi.je/ | cendrent /sɑ̃dʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | cendrasse /sɑ̃.dʁas/ | cendrasses /sɑ̃.dʁas/ | cendrât /sɑ̃.dʁa/ | cendrassions /sɑ̃.dʁa.sjɔ̃/ | cendrassiez /sɑ̃.dʁa.sje/ | cendrassent /sɑ̃.dʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cendre /sɑ̃dʁ/ | — | cendrons /sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ | cendrez /sɑ̃.dʁe/ | — | |
| 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
- cendré
- décendrer
- écendrer
Further reading
- “cendrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.