cimenter

French

Etymology

From ciment +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.mɑ̃.te/
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Verb

cimenter

  1. (transitive) to cement
  2. (transitive) to confirm

Conjugation

Conjugation of cimenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cimenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cimentant
/si.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cimenté
/si.mɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cimente
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		cimentes
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		cimente
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		cimentons
/si.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		cimentez
/si.mɑ̃.te/ 		cimentent
/si.mɑ̃t/
imperfect cimentais
/si.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		cimentais
/si.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		cimentait
/si.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		cimentions
/si.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		cimentiez
/si.mɑ̃.tje/ 		cimentaient
/si.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 cimentai
/si.mɑ̃.te/ 		cimentas
/si.mɑ̃.ta/ 		cimenta
/si.mɑ̃.ta/ 		cimentâmes
/si.mɑ̃.tam/ 		cimentâtes
/si.mɑ̃.tat/ 		cimentèrent
/si.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future cimenterai
/si.mɑ̃.tʁe/ 		cimenteras
/si.mɑ̃.tʁa/ 		cimentera
/si.mɑ̃.tʁa/ 		cimenterons
/si.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		cimenterez
/si.mɑ̃.tʁe/ 		cimenteront
/si.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional cimenterais
/si.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		cimenterais
/si.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		cimenterait
/si.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		cimenterions
/si.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cimenteriez
/si.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		cimenteraient
/si.mɑ̃.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 cimente
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		cimentes
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		cimente
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		cimentions
/si.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		cimentiez
/si.mɑ̃.tje/ 		cimentent
/si.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 cimentasse
/si.mɑ̃.tas/ 		cimentasses
/si.mɑ̃.tas/ 		cimentât
/si.mɑ̃.ta/ 		cimentassions
/si.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		cimentassiez
/si.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		cimentassent
/si.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cimente
/si.mɑ̃t/ 		— cimentons
/si.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		cimentez
/si.mɑ̃.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).

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