ambitionner

French

Etymology

From ambition +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne/
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Verb

ambitionner

  1. to aim for; go for; set as one's goal

Conjugation
Conjugation of ambitionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ambitionner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ambitionnant
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ambitionné
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ambitionne
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 ambitionnes
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 ambitionne
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 ambitionnons
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/		 ambitionnez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne/		 ambitionnent
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/
imperfect ambitionnais
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɛ/		 ambitionnais
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɛ/		 ambitionnait
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɛ/		 ambitionnions
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/		 ambitionniez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nje/		 ambitionnaient
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 ambitionnai
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.ne/		 ambitionnas
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.na/		 ambitionna
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.na/		 ambitionnâmes
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nam/		 ambitionnâtes
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nat/		 ambitionnèrent
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
future ambitionnerai
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁe/		 ambitionneras
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁa/		 ambitionnera
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁa/		 ambitionnerons
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 ambitionnerez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁe/		 ambitionneront
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ambitionnerais
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/		 ambitionnerais
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/		 ambitionnerait
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.ʁɛ/		 ambitionnerions
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 ambitionneriez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/		 ambitionneraient
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn.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 ambitionne
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 ambitionnes
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 ambitionne
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 ambitionnions
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.njɔ̃/		 ambitionniez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nje/		 ambitionnent
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/
imperfect2 ambitionnasse
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nas/		 ambitionnasses
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nas/		 ambitionnât
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.na/		 ambitionnassions
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 ambitionnassiez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.na.sje/		 ambitionnassent
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ambitionne
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔn/		 — ambitionnons
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.nɔ̃/		 ambitionnez
/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ.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:
  • 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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