argumenter

French

Etymology

From argument +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/

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Verb

argumenter

1. to present one's arguments, to set out one's arguments, to argue

Conjugation

Conjugation of argumenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	argumenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	argumentant /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		argumenté /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	argumente /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	argumentes /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	argumente /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	argumentons /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	argumentez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/	argumentent /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect	argumentais /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/	argumentais /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/	argumentait /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/	argumentions /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	argumentiez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tje/	argumentaient /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	argumentai /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/	argumentas /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta/	argumenta /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta/	argumentâmes /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tam/	argumentâtes /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tat/	argumentèrent /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	argumenterai /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁe/	argumenteras /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁa/	argumentera /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁa/	argumenterons /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	argumenterez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁe/	argumenteront /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	argumenterais /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	argumenterais /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	argumenterait /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	argumenterions /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	argumenteriez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	argumenteraient /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	argumente /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	argumentes /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	argumente /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	argumentions /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	argumentiez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tje/	argumentent /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	argumentasse /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tas/	argumentasses /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tas/	argumentât /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta/	argumentassions /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	argumentassiez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta.sje/	argumentassent /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	argumente /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/	—	argumentons /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	argumentez /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/	—
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

• argumentation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

argūmenter

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of argūmentor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• argument

Noun

argumenter n

1. indefinite plural of argument

Etymology 2

Verb

argumenter

1. imperative of argumentere