louanger
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /lu.ɑ̃.ʒe/, /lwɑ̃.ʒe/
Audio (file) - Homophones: louangeai, louangé, louangée, louangées, louangés, louangez
Verb edit
louanger
- to praise; to laud
- Si déjà je louangeais l'hôtel de Sotchi, que dirai-je de celui de Sinop, près de Soukhoum, bien supérieur. (André Gide, Retour de l’U.R.S.S., 1936)
Usage notes edit
The proper verb is louer but due to its polysemy, louanger is used in particular when ambiguity arises.
Conjugation edit
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written louange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of louanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | louanger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | louangeant /lwɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | louangé /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louanges /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louangeons /lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
louangez /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
louangent /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect | louangeais /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangeais /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangeait /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ |
louangions /lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
louangiez /lwɑ̃.ʒje/ |
louangeaient /lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | louangeai /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
louangeas /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangea /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangeâmes /lwɑ̃.ʒam/ |
louangeâtes /lwɑ̃.ʒat/ |
louangèrent /lwɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | louangerai /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
louangeras /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
louangera /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ |
louangerons /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
louangerez /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ |
louangeront /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | louangerais /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerais /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerait /lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ |
louangerions /lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
louangeriez /lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ |
louangeraient /lwɑ̃ʒ.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 | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louanges /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
louangions /lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ |
louangiez /lwɑ̃.ʒje/ |
louangent /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | louangeasse /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ |
louangeasses /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ |
louangeât /lwɑ̃.ʒa/ |
louangeassions /lwɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
louangeassiez /lwɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ |
louangeassent /lwɑ̃.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | louange /lwɑ̃ʒ/ |
— | louangeons /lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ |
louangez /lwɑ̃.ʒe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “louanger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.