dénier
See also: denier
French
Etymology
From dé- + nier, based on Latin dēnegāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
dénier
- to deny
Conjugation
Conjugation of dénier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dénier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | déniant /de.njɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dénié /de.nje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dénie /de.ni/ |
dénies /de.ni/ |
dénie /de.ni/ |
dénions /de.njɔ̃/ |
déniez /de.nje/ |
dénient /de.ni/ |
| imperfect | déniais /de.njɛ/ |
déniais /de.njɛ/ |
déniait /de.njɛ/ |
déniions /de.ni.jɔ̃/ |
déniiez /de.ni.je/ |
déniaient /de.njɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | déniai /de.nje/ |
dénias /de.nja/ |
dénia /de.nja/ |
déniâmes /de.njam/ |
déniâtes /de.njat/ |
dénièrent /de.njɛʁ/ | |
| future | dénierai /de.ni.ʁe/ |
dénieras /de.ni.ʁa/ |
déniera /de.ni.ʁa/ |
dénierons /de.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
dénierez /de.ni.ʁe/ |
dénieront /de.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dénierais /de.ni.ʁɛ/ |
dénierais /de.ni.ʁɛ/ |
dénierait /de.ni.ʁɛ/ |
dénierions /de.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dénieriez /de.ni.ʁje/ |
dénieraient /de.ni.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 | dénie /de.ni/ |
dénies /de.ni/ |
dénie /de.ni/ |
déniions /de.ni.jɔ̃/ |
déniiez /de.ni.je/ |
dénient /de.ni/ |
| imperfect2 | déniasse /de.njas/ |
déniasses /de.njas/ |
déniât /de.nja/ |
déniassions /de.nja.sjɔ̃/ |
déniassiez /de.nja.sje/ |
déniassent /de.njas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dénie /de.ni/ |
— | dénions /de.njɔ̃/ |
déniez /de.nje/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “dénier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.