accentuer
French edit
Etymology edit
From accent.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
accentuer
- to accentuate (emphasize)
- to intensify
- to accent (put an accent on a letter or symbol etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of accentuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | accentuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | accentuant /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | accentué /ak.sɑ̃.tɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | accentue /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
accentues /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
accentue /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
accentuons /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɔ̃/ |
accentuez /ak.sɑ̃.tɥe/ |
accentuent /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
| imperfect | accentuais /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɛ/ |
accentuais /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɛ/ |
accentuait /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɛ/ |
accentuions /ak.sɑ̃.ty.jɔ̃/ |
accentuiez /ak.sɑ̃.ty.je/ |
accentuaient /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | accentuai /ak.sɑ̃.tɥe/ |
accentuas /ak.sɑ̃.tɥa/ |
accentua /ak.sɑ̃.tɥa/ |
accentuâmes /ak.sɑ̃.tɥam/ |
accentuâtes /ak.sɑ̃.tɥat/ |
accentuèrent /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | accentuerai /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁe/ |
accentueras /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁa/ |
accentuera /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁa/ |
accentuerons /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁɔ̃/ |
accentuerez /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁe/ |
accentueront /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | accentuerais /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁɛ/ |
accentuerais /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁɛ/ |
accentuerait /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁɛ/ |
accentuerions /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁjɔ̃/ |
accentueriez /ak.sɑ̃.ty.ʁje/ |
accentueraient /ak.sɑ̃.ty.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 | accentue /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
accentues /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
accentue /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
accentuions /ak.sɑ̃.ty.jɔ̃/ |
accentuiez /ak.sɑ̃.ty.je/ |
accentuent /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
| imperfect2 | accentuasse /ak.sɑ̃.tɥas/ |
accentuasses /ak.sɑ̃.tɥas/ |
accentuât /ak.sɑ̃.tɥa/ |
accentuassions /ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
accentuassiez /ak.sɑ̃.tɥa.sje/ |
accentuassent /ak.sɑ̃.tɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | accentue /ak.sɑ̃.ty/ |
— | accentuons /ak.sɑ̃.tɥɔ̃/ |
accentuez /ak.sɑ̃.tɥe/ |
— | |
| 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 edit
- “accentuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.