chroniquer

French

Etymology

From chronique +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.ni.ke/

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Verb

chroniquer

1. to write a column (for a newpaper)
2. to chronicle

Conjugation

Conjugation of chroniquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chroniquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chroniquant /kʁɔ.ni.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chroniqué /kʁɔ.ni.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chronique /kʁɔ.nik/	chroniques /kʁɔ.nik/	chronique /kʁɔ.nik/	chroniquons /kʁɔ.ni.kɔ̃/	chroniquez /kʁɔ.ni.ke/	chroniquent /kʁɔ.nik/
	imperfect	chroniquais /kʁɔ.ni.kɛ/	chroniquais /kʁɔ.ni.kɛ/	chroniquait /kʁɔ.ni.kɛ/	chroniquions /kʁɔ.ni.kjɔ̃/	chroniquiez /kʁɔ.ni.kje/	chroniquaient /kʁɔ.ni.kɛ/
	past historic2	chroniquai /kʁɔ.ni.ke/	chroniquas /kʁɔ.ni.ka/	chroniqua /kʁɔ.ni.ka/	chroniquâmes /kʁɔ.ni.kam/	chroniquâtes /kʁɔ.ni.kat/	chroniquèrent /kʁɔ.ni.kɛʁ/
	future	chroniquerai /kʁɔ.ni.kʁe/	chroniqueras /kʁɔ.ni.kʁa/	chroniquera /kʁɔ.ni.kʁa/	chroniquerons /kʁɔ.ni.kʁɔ̃/	chroniquerez /kʁɔ.ni.kʁe/	chroniqueront /kʁɔ.ni.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chroniquerais /kʁɔ.ni.kʁɛ/	chroniquerais /kʁɔ.ni.kʁɛ/	chroniquerait /kʁɔ.ni.kʁɛ/	chroniquerions /kʁɔ.ni.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	chroniqueriez /kʁɔ.ni.kə.ʁje/	chroniqueraient /kʁɔ.ni.kʁɛ/
(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	chronique /kʁɔ.nik/	chroniques /kʁɔ.nik/	chronique /kʁɔ.nik/	chroniquions /kʁɔ.ni.kjɔ̃/	chroniquiez /kʁɔ.ni.kje/	chroniquent /kʁɔ.nik/
	imperfect2	chroniquasse /kʁɔ.ni.kas/	chroniquasses /kʁɔ.ni.kas/	chroniquât /kʁɔ.ni.ka/	chroniquassions /kʁɔ.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/	chroniquassiez /kʁɔ.ni.ka.sje/	chroniquassent /kʁɔ.ni.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chronique /kʁɔ.nik/	—	chroniquons /kʁɔ.ni.kɔ̃/	chroniquez /kʁɔ.ni.ke/	—
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).

Related terms

• chronique
• chroniqueur

Further reading

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