dénoncer
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin dēnūntiāre (“to announce, foretell”), via Old French denuncier or denuntier (“to denounce”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdénoncer
- (transitive) to denounce
- 2006, Tinou Dutry-Soinne, Les méconnus de Londres : Journal de guerre d'une Belge, 1940–1945, page 79:
- Déjà, nous dénoncions publiquement les tendances pro-germaniques et pro-hitlériennes de Monsieur De Man.
- We have already publicly denounced Monsieur De Man's pro-German and pro-Hitler tendencies.
- (transitive) to announce an end
- (reflexive) to give oneself up (to surrender)
Conjugation
editThis 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 dénoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | dénoncer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | dénonçant /de.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | dénoncé /de.nɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | dénonce /de.nɔ̃s/ |
dénonces /de.nɔ̃s/ |
dénonce /de.nɔ̃s/ |
dénonçons /de.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dénoncez /de.nɔ̃.se/ |
dénoncent /de.nɔ̃s/ |
imperfect | dénonçais /de.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
dénonçais /de.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
dénonçait /de.nɔ̃.sɛ/ |
dénoncions /de.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dénonciez /de.nɔ̃.sje/ |
dénonçaient /de.nɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | dénonçai /de.nɔ̃.se/ |
dénonças /de.nɔ̃.sa/ |
dénonça /de.nɔ̃.sa/ |
dénonçâmes /de.nɔ̃.sam/ |
dénonçâtes /de.nɔ̃.sat/ |
dénoncèrent /de.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
future | dénoncerai /de.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
dénonceras /de.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
dénoncera /de.nɔ̃.sʁa/ |
dénoncerons /de.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
dénoncerez /de.nɔ̃.sʁe/ |
dénonceront /de.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | dénoncerais /de.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
dénoncerais /de.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
dénoncerait /de.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
dénoncerions /de.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dénonceriez /de.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
dénonceraient /de.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 | dénonce /de.nɔ̃s/ |
dénonces /de.nɔ̃s/ |
dénonce /de.nɔ̃s/ |
dénoncions /de.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
dénonciez /de.nɔ̃.sje/ |
dénoncent /de.nɔ̃s/ |
imperfect2 | dénonçasse /de.nɔ̃.sas/ |
dénonçasses /de.nɔ̃.sas/ |
dénonçât /de.nɔ̃.sa/ |
dénonçassions /de.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
dénonçassiez /de.nɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
dénonçassent /de.nɔ̃.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | dénonce /de.nɔ̃s/ |
— | dénonçons /de.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
dénoncez /de.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). |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “dénoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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