monnayer

French

Etymology

From monnaie +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɛ.je/ ~ /mɔ.ne.je/

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Verb

monnayer

1. to mint coins
2. (by extension) to manufacture money

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of monnayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	monnayer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	monnayant /mɔ.nɛ.jɑ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		monnayé /mɔ.nɛ.je/ or /mɔ.ne.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	monnaye or monnaie /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	monnayes or monnaies /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	monnaye or monnaie /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	monnayons /mɔ.nɛ.jɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.jɔ̃/	monnayez /mɔ.nɛ.je/ or /mɔ.ne.je/	monnayent or monnaient /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/
	imperfect	monnayais /mɔ.nɛ.jɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.jɛ/	monnayais /mɔ.nɛ.jɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.jɛ/	monnayait /mɔ.nɛ.jɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.jɛ/	monnayions /mɔ.nɛj.jɔ̃/	monnayiez /mɔ.nɛj.je/	monnayaient /mɔ.nɛ.jɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.jɛ/
	past historic2	monnayai /mɔ.nɛ.je/ or /mɔ.ne.je/	monnayas /mɔ.nɛ.ja/ or /mɔ.ne.ja/	monnaya /mɔ.nɛ.ja/ or /mɔ.ne.ja/	monnayâmes /mɔ.nɛ.jam/ or /mɔ.ne.jam/	monnayâtes /mɔ.nɛ.jat/ or /mɔ.ne.jat/	monnayèrent /mɔ.nɛ.jɛʁ/ or /mɔ.ne.jɛʁ/
	future	monnayerai or monnaierai /mɔ.nɛj.ʁe/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁe/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁe/	monnayeras or monnaieras /mɔ.nɛj.ʁa/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁa/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁa/	monnayera or monnaiera /mɔ.nɛj.ʁa/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁa/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁa/	monnayerons or monnaierons /mɔ.nɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁɔ̃/	monnayerez or monnaierez /mɔ.nɛj.ʁe/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁe/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁe/	monnayeront or monnaieront /mɔ.nɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	monnayerais or monnaierais /mɔ.nɛj.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁɛ/	monnayerais or monnaierais /mɔ.nɛj.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁɛ/	monnayerait or monnaierait /mɔ.nɛj.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁɛ/	monnayerions or monnaierions /mɔ.nɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁjɔ̃/	monnayeriez or monnaieriez /mɔ.nɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /mɔ.ne.jə.ʁje/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁje/ or /mɔ.ne.ʁje/	monnayeraient or monnaieraient /mɔ.nɛj.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.nɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mɔ.ne.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	monnaye or monnaie /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	monnayes or monnaies /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	monnaye or monnaie /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	monnayions /mɔ.nɛj.jɔ̃/	monnayiez /mɔ.nɛj.je/	monnayent or monnaient /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/
	imperfect2	monnayasse /mɔ.nɛ.jas/ or /mɔ.ne.jas/	monnayasses /mɔ.nɛ.jas/ or /mɔ.ne.jas/	monnayât /mɔ.nɛ.ja/ or /mɔ.ne.ja/	monnayassions /mɔ.nɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.ja.sjɔ̃/	monnayassiez /mɔ.nɛ.ja.sje/ or /mɔ.ne.ja.sje/	monnayassent /mɔ.nɛ.jas/ or /mɔ.ne.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	monnaye or monnaie /mɔ.nɛj/ or /mɔ.nɛ/	—	monnayons /mɔ.nɛ.jɔ̃/ or /mɔ.ne.jɔ̃/	monnayez /mɔ.nɛ.je/ or /mɔ.ne.je/	—
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

• faux-monnayeur
• monnayage

Related terms

• monétiser

Further reading

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