assermenter

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ serment +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/

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Verb

assermenter

1. (transitive, law) to swear in

Conjugation

Conjugation of assermenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	assermenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	assermentant /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		assermenté /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	assermente /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	assermentes /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	assermente /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	assermentons /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	assermentez /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/	assermentent /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect	assermentais /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	assermentais /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	assermentait /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/	assermentions /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	assermentiez /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tje/	assermentaient /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	assermentai /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/	assermentas /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/	assermenta /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/	assermentâmes /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tam/	assermentâtes /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tat/	assermentèrent /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	assermenterai /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/	assermenteras /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/	assermentera /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/	assermenterons /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	assermenterez /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/	assermenteront /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	assermenterais /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	assermenterais /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	assermenterait /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	assermenterions /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	assermenteriez /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	assermenteraient /a.sɛʁ.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	assermente /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	assermentes /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	assermente /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	assermentions /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	assermentiez /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tje/	assermentent /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	assermentasse /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/	assermentasses /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/	assermentât /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/	assermentassions /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	assermentassiez /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/	assermentassent /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	assermente /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃t/	—	assermentons /a.sɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	assermentez /a.sɛʁ.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

• assermenté

See also

• accréditer

Further reading

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