condamner

French

Etymology

From Old French condamner, borrowed from Latin condemnō, condemnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.da.ne/ ~ /kɔ̃.dɑ.ne/, /kɔ̃.da.ne/

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• Homophones: condamnai, condamné, condamnée, condamnées, condamnés, condamnez

Verb

condamner

1. to condemn
2. to sentence, punish

   Il fut condamné à mort. ― He was condemned to death.

3. to block, to obstruct

Conjugation

Conjugation of condamner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	condamner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	condamnant /kɔ̃.da.nɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		condamné /kɔ̃.da.ne/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	condamne /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	condamnes /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	condamne /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	condamnons /kɔ̃.da.nɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɔ̃/	condamnez /kɔ̃.da.ne/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.ne/	condamnent /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/
	imperfect	condamnais /kɔ̃.da.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɛ/	condamnais /kɔ̃.da.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɛ/	condamnait /kɔ̃.da.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɛ/	condamnions /kɔ̃.da.njɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.njɔ̃/	condamniez /kɔ̃.da.nje/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nje/	condamnaient /kɔ̃.da.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɛ/
	past historic2	condamnai /kɔ̃.da.ne/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.ne/	condamnas /kɔ̃.da.na/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.na/	condamna /kɔ̃.da.na/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.na/	condamnâmes /kɔ̃.da.nam/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nam/	condamnâtes /kɔ̃.da.nat/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nat/	condamnèrent /kɔ̃.da.nɛʁ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɛʁ/
	future	condamnerai /kɔ̃.dan.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁe/	condamneras /kɔ̃.dan.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁa/	condamnera /kɔ̃.dan.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁa/	condamnerons /kɔ̃.dan.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁɔ̃/	condamnerez /kɔ̃.dan.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁe/	condamneront /kɔ̃.dan.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	condamnerais /kɔ̃.dan.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁɛ/	condamnerais /kɔ̃.dan.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁɛ/	condamnerait /kɔ̃.dan.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.ʁɛ/	condamnerions /kɔ̃.da.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	condamneriez /kɔ̃.da.nə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nə.ʁje/	condamneraient /kɔ̃.dan.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn.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	condamne /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	condamnes /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	condamne /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	condamnions /kɔ̃.da.njɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.njɔ̃/	condamniez /kɔ̃.da.nje/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nje/	condamnent /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/
	imperfect2	condamnasse /kɔ̃.da.nas/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nas/	condamnasses /kɔ̃.da.nas/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nas/	condamnât /kɔ̃.da.na/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.na/	condamnassions /kɔ̃.da.na.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sjɔ̃/	condamnassiez /kɔ̃.da.na.sje/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.na.sje/	condamnassent /kɔ̃.da.nas/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	condamne /kɔ̃.dan/ or /kɔ̃.dɑn/	—	condamnons /kɔ̃.da.nɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.nɔ̃/	condamnez /kɔ̃.da.ne/ or /kɔ̃.dɑ.ne/	—
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

• condamnation
• damner

 

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French condamner, borrowed from Latin condemnō, condemnāre.

Verb

condamner

1. (Jersey, law) to sentence

Related terms

• condamnâtion

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin condemno

Verb

condamner

1. to condemn

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of condamner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		condamner			avoir condamné
gerund		en condamnant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		condamnant
past participle		condamné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	condamne	condamnes	condamne	condamnons	condamnez	condamnent
	imperfect	condamnoie, condamneie, condamnoe, condamneve	condamnoies, condamneies, condamnoes, condamneves	condamnoit, condamneit, condamnot, condamneve	condamniiens, condamniens	condamniiez, condamniez	condamnoient, condamneient, condamnoent, condamnevent
	preterite	condamnai	condamnas	condamna	condamnames	condamnastes	condamnerent
	future	condamnerai	condamneras	condamnera	condamnerons	condamneroiz, condamnereiz, condamnerez	condamneront
	conditional	condamneroie, condamnereie	condamneroies, condamnereies	condamneroit, condamnereit	condamneriiens, condamneriens	condamneriiez, condamneriez	condamneroient, condamnereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	condamne	condamnes	condamne	condamnons	condamnez	condamnent
	imperfect	condamnasse	condamnasses	condamnast	condamnissons, condamnissiens	condamnissoiz, condamnissez, condamnissiez	condamnassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	condamne	—	condamnons	condamnez	—