consacrer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French consecrer, cunsecrer, borrowed from Latin cōnsecrāre, and altered under the influence of sacrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/
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Verb

consacrer

  1. to dedicate, to devote (time, effort)
  2. to consecrate
  3. to standardize through long usage
    Ce terme est récent; il n’y a pas encore de traduction consacrée.
    This term is recent; there's no standard/clearly most commonly used translation for it yet.

Conjugation

Conjugation of consacrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consacrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consacrant
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consacré
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present consacre
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		consacres
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		consacre
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		consacrons
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɔ̃/ 		consacrez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/ 		consacrent
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/
imperfect consacrais
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɛ/ 		consacrais
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɛ/ 		consacrait
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɛ/ 		consacrions
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		consacriez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁi.je/ 		consacraient
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɛ/
past historic2 consacrai
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/ 		consacras
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁa/ 		consacra
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁa/ 		consacrâmes
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁam/ 		consacrâtes
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁat/ 		consacrèrent
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɛʁ/
future consacrerai
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁe/ 		consacreras
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁa/ 		consacrera
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁa/ 		consacrerons
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		consacrerez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁe/ 		consacreront
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consacrerais
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		consacrerais
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		consacrerait
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁɛ/ 		consacrerions
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		consacreriez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.ʁje/ 		consacreraient
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁə.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 consacre
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		consacres
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		consacre
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		consacrions
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁi.jɔ̃/ 		consacriez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁi.je/ 		consacrent
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/
imperfect2 consacrasse
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁas/ 		consacrasses
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁas/ 		consacrât
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁa/ 		consacrassions
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		consacrassiez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁa.sje/ 		consacrassent
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — consacre
/kɔ̃.sakʁ/ 		— consacrons
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁɔ̃/ 		consacrez
/kɔ̃.sa.kʁe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: consacra

Further reading

Latin

Verb

cōnsacrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsacrō
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