communier

French

Etymology

Borrowed (according to the TLFi) from Ecclesiastical Latin commūnicāre. Doublet of communiquer, a more recent borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nje/

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Verb

communier

1. (intransitive) to receive communion
2. (transitive) to administer communion
3. (transitive) to communicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of communier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	communier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	communiant /kɔ.my.njɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		communié /kɔ.my.nje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communies /kɔ.my.ni/	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communions /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/	communiez /kɔ.my.nje/	communient /kɔ.my.ni/
	imperfect	communiais /kɔ.my.njɛ/	communiais /kɔ.my.njɛ/	communiait /kɔ.my.njɛ/	communiions /kɔ.my.ni.jɔ̃/	communiiez /kɔ.my.ni.je/	communiaient /kɔ.my.njɛ/
	past historic2	communiai /kɔ.my.nje/	communias /kɔ.my.nja/	communia /kɔ.my.nja/	communiâmes /kɔ.my.njam/	communiâtes /kɔ.my.njat/	communièrent /kɔ.my.njɛʁ/
	future	communierai /kɔ.my.ni.ʁe/	communieras /kɔ.my.ni.ʁa/	communiera /kɔ.my.ni.ʁa/	communierons /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɔ̃/	communierez /kɔ.my.ni.ʁe/	communieront /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	communierais /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/	communierais /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/	communierait /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/	communierions /kɔ.my.ni.ʁjɔ̃/	communieriez /kɔ.my.ni.ʁje/	communieraient /kɔ.my.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	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communies /kɔ.my.ni/	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communiions /kɔ.my.ni.jɔ̃/	communiiez /kɔ.my.ni.je/	communient /kɔ.my.ni/
	imperfect2	communiasse /kɔ.my.njas/	communiasses /kɔ.my.njas/	communiât /kɔ.my.nja/	communiassions /kɔ.my.nja.sjɔ̃/	communiassiez /kɔ.my.nja.sje/	communiassent /kɔ.my.njas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	—	communions /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/	communiez /kɔ.my.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).

Further reading

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