ordonnancer

French

Etymology

From ordonnance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.se/

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Verb

ordonnancer

1. (finance) to authorize

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 ordonnancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ordonnancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ordonnançant /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ordonnancé /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ordonnance /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	ordonnances /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	ordonnance /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	ordonnançons /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɔ̃/	ordonnancez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.se/	ordonnancent /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/
	imperfect	ordonnançais /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/	ordonnançais /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/	ordonnançait /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/	ordonnancions /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	ordonnanciez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sje/	ordonnançaient /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	ordonnançai /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.se/	ordonnanças /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sa/	ordonnança /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sa/	ordonnançâmes /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sam/	ordonnançâtes /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sat/	ordonnancèrent /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	ordonnancerai /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁe/	ordonnanceras /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁa/	ordonnancera /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁa/	ordonnancerons /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	ordonnancerez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁe/	ordonnanceront /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ordonnancerais /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ordonnancerais /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ordonnancerait /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/	ordonnancerions /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	ordonnanceriez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	ordonnanceraient /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.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	ordonnance /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	ordonnances /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	ordonnance /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	ordonnancions /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	ordonnanciez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sje/	ordonnancent /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	ordonnançasse /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sas/	ordonnançasses /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sas/	ordonnançât /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sa/	ordonnançassions /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	ordonnançassiez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sa.sje/	ordonnançassent /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ordonnance /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃s/	—	ordonnançons /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.sɔ̃/	ordonnancez /ɔʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃.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).

Derived terms

• ordonnancement

Further reading

• “ordonnancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.