discontinuer

English

Etymology

discontinue +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪskənˈtɪnjuə(ɹ)/

Noun

discontinuer (plural discontinuers)

  1. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.
    • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
      He was no gadder abroad, or discontinuer from his convent, for a long time.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
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Verb

discontinuer

  1. (intransitive) to discontinue, to cease, to leave off[1]

Conjugation
Conjugation of discontinuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple discontinuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple discontinuant
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle discontinué
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present discontinue
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 discontinues
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 discontinue
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 discontinuons
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/		 discontinuez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/		 discontinuent
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/
imperfect discontinuais
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/		 discontinuais
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/		 discontinuait
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/		 discontinuions
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/		 discontinuiez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/		 discontinuaient
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛ/
past historic2 discontinuai
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/		 discontinuas
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/		 discontinua
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/		 discontinuâmes
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥam/		 discontinuâtes
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥat/		 discontinuèrent
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɛʁ/
future discontinuerai
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/		 discontinueras
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/		 discontinuera
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁa/		 discontinuerons
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/		 discontinuerez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁe/		 discontinueront
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɔ̃/
conditional discontinuerais
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/		 discontinuerais
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/		 discontinuerait
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁɛ/		 discontinuerions
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁjɔ̃/		 discontinueriez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.ʁje/		 discontinueraient
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.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 discontinue
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 discontinues
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 discontinue
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 discontinuions
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.jɔ̃/		 discontinuiez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny.je/		 discontinuent
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/
imperfect2 discontinuasse
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/		 discontinuasses
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/		 discontinuât
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥa/		 discontinuassions
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sjɔ̃/		 discontinuassiez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥa.sje/		 discontinuassent
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — discontinue
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.ny/		 — discontinuons
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃/		 discontinuez
/dis.kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/		 —
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
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Further reading

Latin

Verb

discontinuer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of discontinuō
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