cauchemarder

French

Etymology

From cauchemar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

cauchemarder

1. to have a nightmare

Conjugation

Conjugation of cauchemarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cauchemarder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cauchemardant /koʃ.maʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cauchemardé /koʃ.maʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/	cauchemardes /koʃ.maʁd/	cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/	cauchemardons /koʃ.maʁ.dɔ̃/	cauchemardez /koʃ.maʁ.de/	cauchemardent /koʃ.maʁd/
	imperfect	cauchemardais /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/	cauchemardais /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/	cauchemardait /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/	cauchemardions /koʃ.maʁ.djɔ̃/	cauchemardiez /koʃ.maʁ.dje/	cauchemardaient /koʃ.maʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	cauchemardai /koʃ.maʁ.de/	cauchemardas /koʃ.maʁ.da/	cauchemarda /koʃ.maʁ.da/	cauchemardâmes /koʃ.maʁ.dam/	cauchemardâtes /koʃ.maʁ.dat/	cauchemardèrent /koʃ.maʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	cauchemarderai /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁe/	cauchemarderas /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁa/	cauchemardera /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁa/	cauchemarderons /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	cauchemarderez /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁe/	cauchemarderont /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cauchemarderais /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/	cauchemarderais /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/	cauchemarderait /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁɛ/	cauchemarderions /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	cauchemarderiez /koʃ.maʁ.də.ʁje/	cauchemarderaient /koʃ.maʁ.də.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	cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/	cauchemardes /koʃ.maʁd/	cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/	cauchemardions /koʃ.maʁ.djɔ̃/	cauchemardiez /koʃ.maʁ.dje/	cauchemardent /koʃ.maʁd/
	imperfect2	cauchemardasse /koʃ.maʁ.das/	cauchemardasses /koʃ.maʁ.das/	cauchemardât /koʃ.maʁ.da/	cauchemardassions /koʃ.maʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	cauchemardassiez /koʃ.maʁ.da.sje/	cauchemardassent /koʃ.maʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cauchemarde /koʃ.maʁd/	—	cauchemardons /koʃ.maʁ.dɔ̃/	cauchemardez /koʃ.maʁ.de/	—
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).

Related terms

• cauchemardant
• cauchemardement
• cauchemardesque

Further reading

• “cauchemarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.