annoncer
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French anoncier, from Latin adnūntiāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
annoncer
- to announce
- to predict, foretell
- (card games) to declare
- (reflexive) to approach
- La nuit s’annonce. ― The night is approaching.
- (reflexive) to show
- (informal, reflexive) to promise to be
- L’entreprise s’annonce difficile. ― The undertaking promises to be difficult.
Conjugation edit
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of annoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | annoncer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | annonçant /a.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | annoncé /a.nɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | annonce /a.nɔ̃s/ |
annonces /a.nɔ̃s/ |
annonce /a.nɔ̃s/ |
annonçons /a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
annoncez /a.nɔ̃.se/ |
annoncent /a.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | annonçais /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
annonçais /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
annonçait /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
annoncions /a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
annonciez /a.nɔ̃.sje/ |
annonçaient /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | annonçai /a.nɔ̃.se/ |
annonças /a.nɔ̃.sa/ |
annonça /a.nɔ̃.sa/ |
annonçâmes /a.nɔ̃.sam/ |
annonçâtes /a.nɔ̃.sat/ |
annoncèrent /a.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | annoncerai /a.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
annonceras /a.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
annoncera /a.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
annoncerons /a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
annoncerez /a.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
annonceront /a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | annoncerais /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
annoncerais /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
annoncerait /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
annoncerions /a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
annonceriez /a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
annonceraient /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | annonce /a.nɔ̃s/ |
annonces /a.nɔ̃s/ |
annonce /a.nɔ̃s/ |
annoncions /a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
annonciez /a.nɔ̃.sje/ |
annoncent /a.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | annonçasse /a.nɔ̃.sas/ |
annonçasses /a.nɔ̃.sas/ |
annonçât /a.nɔ̃.sa/ |
annonçassions /a.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
annonçassiez /a.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
annonçassent /a.nɔ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | annonce /a.nɔ̃s/ |
— | annonçons /a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
annoncez /a.nɔ̃.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of s'annoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'annoncer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’annonçant /sa.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | annoncé /a.nɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’annonce /ma.nɔ̃s/ |
t’annonces /ta.nɔ̃s/ |
s’annonce /sa.nɔ̃s/ |
nous annonçons /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
vous annoncez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.se/ |
s’annoncent /sa.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | m’annonçais /ma.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
t’annonçais /ta.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
s’annonçait /sa.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
nous annoncions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
vous annonciez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sje/ |
s’annonçaient /sa.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’annonçai /ma.nɔ̃.se/ |
t’annonças /ta.nɔ̃.sa/ |
s’annonça /sa.nɔ̃.sa/ |
nous annonçâmes /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sam/ |
vous annonçâtes /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sat/ |
s’annoncèrent /sa.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’annoncerai /ma.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
t’annonceras /ta.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
s’annoncera /sa.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
nous annoncerons /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
vous annoncerez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
s’annonceront /sa.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’annoncerais /ma.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
t’annoncerais /ta.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
s’annoncerait /sa.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
nous annoncerions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous annonceriez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
s’annonceraient /sa.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’annonce /ma.nɔ̃s/ |
t’annonces /ta.nɔ̃s/ |
s’annonce /sa.nɔ̃s/ |
nous annoncions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
vous annonciez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sje/ |
s’annoncent /sa.nɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | m’annonçasse /ma.nɔ̃.sas/ |
t’annonçasses /ta.nɔ̃.sas/ |
s’annonçât /sa.nɔ̃.sa/ |
nous annonçassions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous annonçassiez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
s’annonçassent /sa.nɔ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | annonce-toi /a.nɔ̃s.twa/ |
— | annonçons-nous /a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃.nu/ |
annoncez-vous /a.nɔ̃.se.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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 edit
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Further reading edit
- “annoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.