parrainer

French

Etymology

From parrain (“godfather”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁɛ.ne/, /pa.ʁe.ne/
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Verb

parrainer

  1. to mentor
  2. to sponsor

Conjugation
Conjugation of parrainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple parrainer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple parrainant
/pa.ʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle parrainé
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/		 parraines
/pa.ʁɛn/		 parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/		 parrainons
/pa.ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nɔ̃/		 parrainez
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.ne/		 parrainent
/pa.ʁɛn/
imperfect parrainais
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/		 parrainais
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/		 parrainait
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/		 parrainions
/pa.ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.njɔ̃/		 parrainiez
/pa.ʁɛ.nje/ or /pa.ʁe.nje/		 parrainaient
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/
past historic2 parrainai
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.ne/		 parrainas
/pa.ʁɛ.na/ or /pa.ʁe.na/		 parraina
/pa.ʁɛ.na/ or /pa.ʁe.na/		 parrainâmes
/pa.ʁɛ.nam/ or /pa.ʁe.nam/		 parrainâtes
/pa.ʁɛ.nat/ or /pa.ʁe.nat/		 parrainèrent
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛʁ/
future parrainerai
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁe/		 parraineras
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁa/		 parrainera
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁa/		 parrainerons
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/		 parrainerez
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁe/		 parraineront
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional parrainerais
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 parrainerais
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 parrainerait
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 parrainerions
/pa.ʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 parraineriez
/pa.ʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁe.nə.ʁje/		 parraineraient
/pa.ʁɛn.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 parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/		 parraines
/pa.ʁɛn/		 parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/		 parrainions
/pa.ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.njɔ̃/		 parrainiez
/pa.ʁɛ.nje/ or /pa.ʁe.nje/		 parrainent
/pa.ʁɛn/
imperfect2 parrainasse
/pa.ʁɛ.nas/ or /pa.ʁe.nas/		 parrainasses
/pa.ʁɛ.nas/ or /pa.ʁe.nas/		 parrainât
/pa.ʁɛ.na/ or /pa.ʁe.na/		 parrainassions
/pa.ʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.na.sjɔ̃/		 parrainassiez
/pa.ʁɛ.na.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.na.sje/		 parrainassent
/pa.ʁɛ.nas/ or /pa.ʁe.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/		 — parrainons
/pa.ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nɔ̃/		 parrainez
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.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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