consommer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsummāre, conflated with Latin cōnsumāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.me/
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Verb

consommer

  1. to consume; to ingest
    à consommer avec modération ― consume in moderation
  2. (literary, archaic) to consummate; to complete; to fulfil
    Synonyms: achever, accomplir
    • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 82:
      L’Assemblée nationale n’a plus rien à désirer en ce jour à jamais mémorable, où vous consommez dans son sein, par le plus solemnel engagement, l’acceptation de la royauté constitutionnelle.
      The National Assembly has nothing more to desire on this ever memorable day, on which you, in its midst, complete the acceptance of the constitutional kingship by the most solemn commitment.

Conjugation
Conjugation of consommer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consommer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consommant
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consommé
/kɔ̃.sɔ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present consomme
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 consommes
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 consomme
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 consommons
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɔ̃/		 consommez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.me/		 consomment
/kɔ̃.sɔm/
imperfect consommais
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ/		 consommais
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ/		 consommait
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ/		 consommions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mjɔ̃/		 consommiez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mje/		 consommaient
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛ/
past historic2 consommai
/kɔ̃.sɔ.me/		 consommas
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ma/		 consomma
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ma/		 consommâmes
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mam/		 consommâtes
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mat/		 consommèrent
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɛʁ/
future consommerai
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁe/		 consommeras
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁa/		 consommera
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁa/		 consommerons
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁɔ̃/		 consommerez
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁe/		 consommeront
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consommerais
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁɛ/		 consommerais
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁɛ/		 consommerait
/kɔ̃.sɔm.ʁɛ/		 consommerions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 consommeriez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mə.ʁje/		 consommeraient
/kɔ̃.sɔm.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 consomme
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 consommes
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 consomme
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 consommions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mjɔ̃/		 consommiez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mje/		 consomment
/kɔ̃.sɔm/
imperfect2 consommasse
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mas/		 consommasses
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mas/		 consommât
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ma/		 consommassions
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 consommassiez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.ma.sje/		 consommassent
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — consomme
/kɔ̃.sɔm/		 — consommons
/kɔ̃.sɔ.mɔ̃/		 consommez
/kɔ̃.sɔ.me/		 —
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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