consterner

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsternō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

consterner

  1. to alarm, to dismay

Conjugation
Conjugation of consterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consterner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consternant
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consterné
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present consterne
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 consternes
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 consterne
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 consternons
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 consternez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/		 consternent
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/
imperfect consternais
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 consternais
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 consternait
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 consternions
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 consterniez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nje/		 consternaient
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 consternai
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/		 consternas
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/		 consterna
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/		 consternâmes
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nam/		 consternâtes
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nat/		 consternèrent
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future consternerai
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 consterneras
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 consternera
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 consternerons
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 consternerez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 consterneront
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consternerais
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 consternerais
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 consternerait
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 consternerions
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 consterneriez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/		 consterneraient
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.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 consterne
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 consternes
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 consterne
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 consternions
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 consterniez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nje/		 consternent
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/
imperfect2 consternasse
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/		 consternasses
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/		 consternât
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/		 consternassions
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 consternassiez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sje/		 consternassent
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — consterne
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/		 — consternons
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 consternez
/kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.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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Verb

cōnsterner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsternō
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