parrainer

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French

Etymology

From parrain (“godfather”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁɛ.ne/ ~ /pa.ʁe.ne/
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Verb

parrainer

  1. to mentor
  2. to sponsor

Conjugation

Conjugation of parrainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple parrainer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple parrainant
/pa.ʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle parrainé
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		parraines
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		parrainons
/pa.ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nɔ̃/ 		parrainez
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.ne/ 		parrainent
/pa.ʁɛn/
imperfect parrainais
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/ 		parrainais
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/ 		parrainait
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/ 		parrainions
/pa.ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.njɔ̃/ 		parrainiez
/pa.ʁɛ.nje/ or /pa.ʁe.nje/ 		parrainaient
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛ/
past historic2 parrainai
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.ne/ 		parrainas
/pa.ʁɛ.na/ or /pa.ʁe.na/ 		parraina
/pa.ʁɛ.na/ or /pa.ʁe.na/ 		parrainâmes
/pa.ʁɛ.nam/ or /pa.ʁe.nam/ 		parrainâtes
/pa.ʁɛ.nat/ or /pa.ʁe.nat/ 		parrainèrent
/pa.ʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /pa.ʁe.nɛʁ/
future parrainerai
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁe/ 		parraineras
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁa/ 		parrainera
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁa/ 		parrainerons
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		parrainerez
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁe/ 		parraineront
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional parrainerais
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		parrainerais
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		parrainerait
/pa.ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		parrainerions
/pa.ʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		parraineriez
/pa.ʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /pa.ʁe.nə.ʁje/ 		parraineraient
/pa.ʁɛn.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 parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		parraines
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		parrainions
/pa.ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.njɔ̃/ 		parrainiez
/pa.ʁɛ.nje/ or /pa.ʁe.nje/ 		parrainent
/pa.ʁɛn/
imperfect2 parrainasse
/pa.ʁɛ.nas/ or /pa.ʁe.nas/ 		parrainasses
/pa.ʁɛ.nas/ or /pa.ʁe.nas/ 		parrainât
/pa.ʁɛ.na/ or /pa.ʁe.na/ 		parrainassions
/pa.ʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.na.sjɔ̃/ 		parrainassiez
/pa.ʁɛ.na.sje/ or /pa.ʁe.na.sje/ 		parrainassent
/pa.ʁɛ.nas/ or /pa.ʁe.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — parraine
/pa.ʁɛn/ 		— parrainons
/pa.ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /pa.ʁe.nɔ̃/ 		parrainez
/pa.ʁɛ.ne/ or /pa.ʁe.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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