confectionner

French

Etymology

From Old French confeccion, from Latin confectio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.ne/

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Verb

confectionner

1. to make, create
2. to fashion (clothes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of confectionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	confectionner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	confectionnant /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		confectionné /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	confectionne /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	confectionnes /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	confectionne /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	confectionnons /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɔ̃/	confectionnez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.ne/	confectionnent /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/
	imperfect	confectionnais /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɛ/	confectionnais /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɛ/	confectionnait /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɛ/	confectionnions /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.njɔ̃/	confectionniez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nje/	confectionnaient /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	confectionnai /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.ne/	confectionnas /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.na/	confectionna /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.na/	confectionnâmes /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nam/	confectionnâtes /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nat/	confectionnèrent /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	confectionnerai /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁe/	confectionneras /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁa/	confectionnera /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁa/	confectionnerons /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/	confectionnerez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁe/	confectionneront /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	confectionnerais /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	confectionnerais /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	confectionnerait /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	confectionnerions /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	confectionneriez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/	confectionneraient /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn.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	confectionne /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	confectionnes /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	confectionne /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	confectionnions /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.njɔ̃/	confectionniez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nje/	confectionnent /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/
	imperfect2	confectionnasse /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nas/	confectionnasses /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nas/	confectionnât /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.na/	confectionnassions /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	confectionnassiez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.na.sje/	confectionnassent /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	confectionne /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔn/	—	confectionnons /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.nɔ̃/	confectionnez /kɔ̃.fɛk.sjɔ.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

• confection
• confectionneur
• confectionneuse

Further reading

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