commuer

French

Etymology

From Latin commutare, under influence of French muer.[1]

Pronunciation
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Verb

commuer

  1. (law) to commute (a sentence)
    Commuer la peine de quelqu'un. ― to commute someone's sentence.

Conjugation
Conjugation of commuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple commuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple commuant
/kɔ.mɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle commué
/kɔ.mɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present commue
/kɔ.my/		 commues
/kɔ.my/		 commue
/kɔ.my/		 commuons
/kɔ.mɥɔ̃/		 commuez
/kɔ.mɥe/		 commuent
/kɔ.my/
imperfect commuais
/kɔ.mɥɛ/		 commuais
/kɔ.mɥɛ/		 commuait
/kɔ.mɥɛ/		 commuions
/kɔ.my.jɔ̃/		 commuiez
/kɔ.my.je/		 commuaient
/kɔ.mɥɛ/
past historic2 commuai
/kɔ.mɥe/		 commuas
/kɔ.mɥa/		 commua
/kɔ.mɥa/		 commuâmes
/kɔ.mɥam/		 commuâtes
/kɔ.mɥat/		 commuèrent
/kɔ.mɥɛʁ/
future commuerai
/kɔ.my.ʁe/		 commueras
/kɔ.my.ʁa/		 commuera
/kɔ.my.ʁa/		 commuerons
/kɔ.my.ʁɔ̃/		 commuerez
/kɔ.my.ʁe/		 commueront
/kɔ.my.ʁɔ̃/
conditional commuerais
/kɔ.my.ʁɛ/		 commuerais
/kɔ.my.ʁɛ/		 commuerait
/kɔ.my.ʁɛ/		 commuerions
/kɔ.my.ʁjɔ̃/		 commueriez
/kɔ.my.ʁje/		 commueraient
/kɔ.my.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 commue
/kɔ.my/		 commues
/kɔ.my/		 commue
/kɔ.my/		 commuions
/kɔ.my.jɔ̃/		 commuiez
/kɔ.my.je/		 commuent
/kɔ.my/
imperfect2 commuasse
/kɔ.mɥas/		 commuasses
/kɔ.mɥas/		 commuât
/kɔ.mɥa/		 commuassions
/kɔ.mɥa.sjɔ̃/		 commuassiez
/kɔ.mɥa.sje/		 commuassent
/kɔ.mɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — commue
/kɔ.my/		 — commuons
/kɔ.mɥɔ̃/		 commuez
/kɔ.mɥe/		 —
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).

References
  1. Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “muer”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

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