calomnier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calumniārī, calumnior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lɔm.nje/

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Verb

calomnier

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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.