sustenter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sustentō.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /sys.tɑ̃.te/

Verb

sustenter

1. (formal) to eat, to take sustenance

Conjugation

Conjugation of sustenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sustenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sustentant /sys.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sustenté /sys.tɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/	sustentes /sys.tɑ̃t/	sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/	sustentons /sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	sustentez /sys.tɑ̃.te/	sustentent /sys.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect	sustentais /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/	sustentais /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/	sustentait /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/	sustentions /sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	sustentiez /sys.tɑ̃.tje/	sustentaient /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	sustentai /sys.tɑ̃.te/	sustentas /sys.tɑ̃.ta/	sustenta /sys.tɑ̃.ta/	sustentâmes /sys.tɑ̃.tam/	sustentâtes /sys.tɑ̃.tat/	sustentèrent /sys.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	sustenterai /sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/	sustenteras /sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/	sustentera /sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/	sustenterons /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	sustenterez /sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/	sustenteront /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sustenterais /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	sustenterais /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	sustenterait /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	sustenterions /sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	sustenteriez /sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	sustenteraient /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/	sustentes /sys.tɑ̃t/	sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/	sustentions /sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	sustentiez /sys.tɑ̃.tje/	sustentent /sys.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	sustentasse /sys.tɑ̃.tas/	sustentasses /sys.tɑ̃.tas/	sustentât /sys.tɑ̃.ta/	sustentassions /sys.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	sustentassiez /sys.tɑ̃.ta.sje/	sustentassent /sys.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/	—	sustentons /sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	sustentez /sys.tɑ̃.te/	—
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).

Conjugation of se sustenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se sustenter
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se sustentant /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		sustenté /sys.tɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me sustente /mə sys.tɑ̃t/	te sustentes /tə sys.tɑ̃t/	se sustente /sə sys.tɑ̃t/	nous sustentons /nu sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	vous sustentez /vu sys.tɑ̃.te/	se sustentent /sə sys.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect	me sustentais /mə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/	te sustentais /tə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/	se sustentait /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/	nous sustentions /nu sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	vous sustentiez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tje/	se sustentaient /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	me sustentai /mə sys.tɑ̃.te/	te sustentas /tə sys.tɑ̃.ta/	se sustenta /sə sys.tɑ̃.ta/	nous sustentâmes /nu sys.tɑ̃.tam/	vous sustentâtes /vu sys.tɑ̃.tat/	se sustentèrent /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	me sustenterai /mə sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/	te sustenteras /tə sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/	se sustentera /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/	nous sustenterons /nu sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	vous sustenterez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/	se sustenteront /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me sustenterais /mə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	te sustenterais /tə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	se sustenterait /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	nous sustenterions /nu sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous sustenteriez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	se sustenteraient /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me sustente /mə sys.tɑ̃t/	te sustentes /tə sys.tɑ̃t/	se sustente /sə sys.tɑ̃t/	nous sustentions /nu sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	vous sustentiez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tje/	se sustentent /sə sys.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	me sustentasse /mə sys.tɑ̃.tas/	te sustentasses /tə sys.tɑ̃.tas/	se sustentât /sə sys.tɑ̃.ta/	nous sustentassions /nu sys.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	vous sustentassiez /vu sys.tɑ̃.ta.sje/	se sustentassent /sə sys.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sustente-toi /sys.tɑ̃t.twa/	—	sustentons-nous /sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/	sustentez-vous /sys.tɑ̃.te.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /susˈten.ter/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /susˈten.ter/, [susˈt̪ɛn̪t̪er]

Verb

sustenter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sustentō