louanger

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French

Etymology

From louange +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

louanger

  1. to praise; to laud
    Si déjà je louangeais l'hôtel de Sotchi, que dirai-je de celui de Sinop, près de Soukhoum, bien supérieur. (André Gide, Retour de l’U.R.S.S., 1936)

Usage notes

The proper verb is louer but due to its polysemy, louanger is used in particular when ambiguity arises.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written louange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of louanger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple louanger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple louangeant
/lwɑ̃.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle louangé
/lwɑ̃.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present louange
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		louanges
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		louange
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		louangeons
/lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		louangez
/lwɑ̃.ʒe/ 		louangent
/lwɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect louangeais
/lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		louangeais
/lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		louangeait
/lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/ 		louangions
/lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		louangiez
/lwɑ̃.ʒje/ 		louangeaient
/lwɑ̃.ʒɛ/
past historic2 louangeai
/lwɑ̃.ʒe/ 		louangeas
/lwɑ̃.ʒa/ 		louangea
/lwɑ̃.ʒa/ 		louangeâmes
/lwɑ̃.ʒam/ 		louangeâtes
/lwɑ̃.ʒat/ 		louangèrent
/lwɑ̃.ʒɛʁ/
future louangerai
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		louangeras
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		louangera
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁa/ 		louangerons
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		louangerez
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁe/ 		louangeront
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional louangerais
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		louangerais
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		louangerait
/lwɑ̃ʒ.ʁɛ/ 		louangerions
/lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		louangeriez
/lwɑ̃.ʒə.ʁje/ 		louangeraient
/lwɑ̃ʒ.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 louange
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		louanges
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		louange
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		louangions
/lwɑ̃.ʒjɔ̃/ 		louangiez
/lwɑ̃.ʒje/ 		louangent
/lwɑ̃ʒ/
imperfect2 louangeasse
/lwɑ̃.ʒas/ 		louangeasses
/lwɑ̃.ʒas/ 		louangeât
/lwɑ̃.ʒa/ 		louangeassions
/lwɑ̃.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		louangeassiez
/lwɑ̃.ʒa.sje/ 		louangeassent
/lwɑ̃.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — louange
/lwɑ̃ʒ/ 		— louangeons
/lwɑ̃.ʒɔ̃/ 		louangez
/lwɑ̃.ʒe/ 		—
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).

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