rançonner

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.sɔ.ne/
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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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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