rançonner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French rançonner, from Old French raençonner. By surface analysis, rançon + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/
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Verb
rançonner
- to ransom
Conjugation
Conjugation of rançonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rançonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rançonnant /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rançonné /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rançonne /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
rançonnes /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
rançonne /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
rançonnons /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/ |
rançonnez /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/ |
rançonnent /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
| imperfect | rançonnais /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ |
rançonnais /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ |
rançonnait /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ |
rançonnions /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/ |
rançonniez /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nje/ |
rançonnaient /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rançonnai /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/ |
rançonnas /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na/ |
rançonna /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na/ |
rançonnâmes /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nam/ |
rançonnâtes /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nat/ |
rançonnèrent /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | rançonnerai /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁe/ |
rançonneras /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁa/ |
rançonnera /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁa/ |
rançonnerons /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
rançonnerez /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁe/ |
rançonneront /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rançonnerais /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/ |
rançonnerais /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/ |
rançonnerait /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/ |
rançonnerions /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rançonneriez /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
rançonneraient /ʁɑ̃.sɔn.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 | rançonne /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
rançonnes /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
rançonne /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
rançonnions /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/ |
rançonniez /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nje/ |
rançonnent /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | rançonnasse /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nas/ |
rançonnasses /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nas/ |
rançonnât /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na/ |
rançonnassions /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
rançonnassiez /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na.sje/ |
rançonnassent /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rançonne /ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ |
— | rançonnons /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/ |
rançonnez /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| 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
- “rançonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.