malmener

French

Etymology

From mal +‎ mener.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.mə.ne/

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Verb

malmener

1. to mistreat

   Synonym: maltraiter

2. to misuse, use incorrectly

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il malmène and the third-person singular future indicative il malmènera.

Conjugation of malmener (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	malmener
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	malmenant /mal.mə.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		malmené /mal.mə.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	malmène /mal.mɛn/	malmènes /mal.mɛn/	malmène /mal.mɛn/	malmenons /mal.mə.nɔ̃/	malmenez /mal.mə.ne/	malmènent /mal.mɛn/
	imperfect	malmenais /mal.mə.nɛ/	malmenais /mal.mə.nɛ/	malmenait /mal.mə.nɛ/	malmenions /mal.mə.njɔ̃/	malmeniez /mal.mə.nje/	malmenaient /mal.mə.nɛ/
	past historic2	malmenai /mal.mə.ne/	malmenas /mal.mə.na/	malmena /mal.mə.na/	malmenâmes /mal.mə.nam/	malmenâtes /mal.mə.nat/	malmenèrent /mal.mə.nɛʁ/
	future	malmènerai /mal.mɛn.ʁe/	malmèneras /mal.mɛn.ʁa/	malmènera /mal.mɛn.ʁa/	malmènerons /mal.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/	malmènerez /mal.mɛn.ʁe/	malmèneront /mal.mɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	malmènerais /mal.mɛn.ʁɛ/	malmènerais /mal.mɛn.ʁɛ/	malmènerait /mal.mɛn.ʁɛ/	malmènerions /mal.mɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mal.me.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	malmèneriez /mal.mɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /mal.me.nə.ʁje/	malmèneraient /mal.mɛn.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	malmène /mal.mɛn/	malmènes /mal.mɛn/	malmène /mal.mɛn/	malmenions /mal.mə.njɔ̃/	malmeniez /mal.mə.nje/	malmènent /mal.mɛn/
	imperfect2	malmenasse /mal.mə.nas/	malmenasses /mal.mə.nas/	malmenât /mal.mə.na/	malmenassions /mal.mə.na.sjɔ̃/	malmenassiez /mal.mə.na.sje/	malmenassent /mal.mə.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	malmène /mal.mɛn/	—	malmenons /mal.mə.nɔ̃/	malmenez /mal.mə.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).

Further reading

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