sanctionner

French

Etymology

From sanction +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne/

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Verb

sanctionner(transitive)

1. to sanction, to recognize, to ratify, to make valid
2. to sanction, to punish

   Synonyms: réprimander, punir

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanctionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sanctionner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sanctionnant /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sanctionné /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sanctionne /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	sanctionnes /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	sanctionne /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	sanctionnons /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɔ̃/	sanctionnez /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne/	sanctionnent /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/
	imperfect	sanctionnais /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɛ/	sanctionnais /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɛ/	sanctionnait /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɛ/	sanctionnions /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.njɔ̃/	sanctionniez /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nje/	sanctionnaient /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	sanctionnai /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne/	sanctionnas /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.na/	sanctionna /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.na/	sanctionnâmes /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nam/	sanctionnâtes /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nat/	sanctionnèrent /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	sanctionnerai /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁe/	sanctionneras /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁa/	sanctionnera /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁa/	sanctionnerons /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/	sanctionnerez /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁe/	sanctionneront /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sanctionnerais /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	sanctionnerais /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	sanctionnerait /sɑ̃k.sjɔn.ʁɛ/	sanctionnerions /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	sanctionneriez /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/	sanctionneraient /sɑ̃k.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	sanctionne /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	sanctionnes /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	sanctionne /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	sanctionnions /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.njɔ̃/	sanctionniez /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nje/	sanctionnent /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/
	imperfect2	sanctionnasse /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nas/	sanctionnasses /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nas/	sanctionnât /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.na/	sanctionnassions /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	sanctionnassiez /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.na.sje/	sanctionnassent /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sanctionne /sɑ̃k.sjɔn/	—	sanctionnons /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.nɔ̃/	sanctionnez /sɑ̃k.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).

Derived terms

• sanctionnement

Descendants

• → Dutch: sanctioneren
• → German: sanktionieren
• → Romanian: sancționa

Further reading

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