rançonner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rançonner, from Old French raençonner. By surface analysis, rançon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

rançonner

  1. to ransom

Conjugation

Conjugation of rançonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rançonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rançonnant
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rançonné
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rançonne
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		rançonnes
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		rançonne
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		rançonnons
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/ 		rançonnez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/ 		rançonnent
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/
imperfect rançonnais
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ 		rançonnais
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ 		rançonnait
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/ 		rançonnions
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/ 		rançonniez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nje/ 		rançonnaient
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 rançonnai
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/ 		rançonnas
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na/ 		rançonna
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na/ 		rançonnâmes
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nam/ 		rançonnâtes
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nat/ 		rançonnèrent
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɛʁ/
future rançonnerai
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁe/ 		rançonneras
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁa/ 		rançonnera
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁa/ 		rançonnerons
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		rançonnerez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁe/ 		rançonneront
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rançonnerais
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/ 		rançonnerais
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/ 		rançonnerait
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/ 		rançonnerions
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rançonneriez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		rançonneraient
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn.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 rançonne
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		rançonnes
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		rançonne
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		rançonnions
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/ 		rançonniez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nje/ 		rançonnent
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/
imperfect2 rançonnasse
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nas/ 		rançonnasses
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nas/ 		rançonnât
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na/ 		rançonnassions
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		rançonnassiez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.na.sje/ 		rançonnassent
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rançonne
/ʁɑ̃.sɔn/ 		— rançonnons
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/ 		rançonnez
/ʁɑ̃.sɔ.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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