assonancer

French

Etymology

assonance +‎ -er

Verb

assonancer

1. To use assonance
2. To harmonize

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 assonancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	assonancer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	assonançant /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		assonancé /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	assonances /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	assonançons /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɔ̃/	assonancez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.se/	assonancent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
	imperfect	assonançais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/	assonançais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/	assonançait /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/	assonancions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	assonanciez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sje/	assonançaient /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	assonançai /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.se/	assonanças /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa/	assonança /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa/	assonançâmes /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sam/	assonançâtes /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sat/	assonancèrent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	assonancerai /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁe/	assonanceras /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁa/	assonancera /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁa/	assonancerons /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	assonancerez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁe/	assonanceront /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	assonancerais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/	assonancerais /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/	assonancerait /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sʁɛ/	assonancerions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	assonanceriez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	assonanceraient /a.sɔ.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	assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	assonances /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	assonancions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	assonanciez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sje/	assonancent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	assonançasse /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sas/	assonançasses /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sas/	assonançât /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa/	assonançassions /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	assonançassiez /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sa.sje/	assonançassent /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	assonance /a.sɔ.nɑ̃s/	—	assonançons /a.sɔ.nɑ̃.sɔ̃/	assonancez /a.sɔ.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).