sanctionner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃k.sjɔ.ne/
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Verb
sanctionner
- (transitive) to sanction, to recognize, to ratify, to make valid
- (transitive) 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- sanctionnement
Further reading
- “sanctionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012