semoncer

French

Etymology

From semonce +‎ -er. See also Old French semondre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sə.mɔ̃.se/
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Verb

semoncer

  1. (literary) to scold, reprimand, rebuke
    Synonym: tancer

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of semoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple semoncer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple semonçant
/sə.mɔ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle semoncé
/sə.mɔ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present semonce
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 semonces
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 semonce
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 semonçons
/sə.mɔ̃.sɔ̃/		 semoncez
/sə.mɔ̃.se/		 semoncent
/sə.mɔ̃s/
imperfect semonçais
/sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/		 semonçais
/sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/		 semonçait
/sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/		 semoncions
/sə.mɔ̃.sjɔ̃/		 semonciez
/sə.mɔ̃.sje/		 semonçaient
/sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 semonçai
/sə.mɔ̃.se/		 semonças
/sə.mɔ̃.sa/		 semonça
/sə.mɔ̃.sa/		 semonçâmes
/sə.mɔ̃.sam/		 semonçâtes
/sə.mɔ̃.sat/		 semoncèrent
/sə.mɔ̃.sɛʁ/
future semoncerai
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁe/		 semonceras
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁa/		 semoncera
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁa/		 semoncerons
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 semoncerez
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁe/		 semonceront
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional semoncerais
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 semoncerais
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 semoncerait
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 semoncerions
/sə.mɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 semonceriez
/sə.mɔ̃.sə.ʁje/		 semonceraient
/sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 semonce
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 semonces
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 semonce
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 semoncions
/sə.mɔ̃.sjɔ̃/		 semonciez
/sə.mɔ̃.sje/		 semoncent
/sə.mɔ̃s/
imperfect2 semonçasse
/sə.mɔ̃.sas/		 semonçasses
/sə.mɔ̃.sas/		 semonçât
/sə.mɔ̃.sa/		 semonçassions
/sə.mɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 semonçassiez
/sə.mɔ̃.sa.sje/		 semonçassent
/sə.mɔ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — semonce
/sə.mɔ̃s/		 — semonçons
/sə.mɔ̃.sɔ̃/		 semoncez
/sə.mɔ̃.se/		 —
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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