annoncer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French anoncier, from Latin adnūntiāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.nɔ̃.se/
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Verb

annoncer

  1. to announce
  2. to predict, foretell
  3. (card games) to declare
  4. (reflexive) to approach
    La nuit s’annonce. ― The night is approaching.
  5. (reflexive) to show
  6. (informal, reflexive) to promise to be
    L’entreprise s’annonce difficile. ― The undertaking promises to be difficult.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of annoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple annoncer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple annonçant
/a.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle annoncé
/a.nɔ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present annonce
/a.nɔ̃s/		 annonces
/a.nɔ̃s/		 annonce
/a.nɔ̃s/		 annonçons
/a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/		 annoncez
/a.nɔ̃.se/		 annoncent
/a.nɔ̃s/
imperfect annonçais
/a.nɔ̃.sɛ/		 annonçais
/a.nɔ̃.sɛ/		 annonçait
/a.nɔ̃.sɛ/		 annoncions
/a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/		 annonciez
/a.nɔ̃.sje/		 annonçaient
/a.nɔ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 annonçai
/a.nɔ̃.se/		 annonças
/a.nɔ̃.sa/		 annonça
/a.nɔ̃.sa/		 annonçâmes
/a.nɔ̃.sam/		 annonçâtes
/a.nɔ̃.sat/		 annoncèrent
/a.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/
future annoncerai
/a.nɔ̃.sʁe/		 annonceras
/a.nɔ̃.sʁa/		 annoncera
/a.nɔ̃.sʁa/		 annoncerons
/a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 annoncerez
/a.nɔ̃.sʁe/		 annonceront
/a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional annoncerais
/a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 annoncerais
/a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 annoncerait
/a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 annoncerions
/a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 annonceriez
/a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/		 annonceraient
/a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 annonce
/a.nɔ̃s/		 annonces
/a.nɔ̃s/		 annonce
/a.nɔ̃s/		 annoncions
/a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/		 annonciez
/a.nɔ̃.sje/		 annoncent
/a.nɔ̃s/
imperfect2 annonçasse
/a.nɔ̃.sas/		 annonçasses
/a.nɔ̃.sas/		 annonçât
/a.nɔ̃.sa/		 annonçassions
/a.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 annonçassiez
/a.nɔ̃.sa.sje/		 annonçassent
/a.nɔ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — annonce
/a.nɔ̃s/		 — annonçons
/a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/		 annoncez
/a.nɔ̃.se/		 —
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).

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of s'annoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'annoncer
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’annonçant
/sa.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle annoncé
/a.nɔ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m’annonce
/ma.nɔ̃s/		 t’annonces
/ta.nɔ̃s/		 s’annonce
/sa.nɔ̃s/		 nous annonçons
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/		 vous annoncez
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.se/		 s’annoncent
/sa.nɔ̃s/
imperfect m’annonçais
/ma.nɔ̃.sɛ/		 t’annonçais
/ta.nɔ̃.sɛ/		 s’annonçait
/sa.nɔ̃.sɛ/		 nous annoncions
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/		 vous annonciez
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sje/		 s’annonçaient
/sa.nɔ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 m’annonçai
/ma.nɔ̃.se/		 t’annonças
/ta.nɔ̃.sa/		 s’annonça
/sa.nɔ̃.sa/		 nous annonçâmes
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sam/		 vous annonçâtes
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sat/		 s’annoncèrent
/sa.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/
future m’annoncerai
/ma.nɔ̃.sʁe/		 t’annonceras
/ta.nɔ̃.sʁa/		 s’annoncera
/sa.nɔ̃.sʁa/		 nous annoncerons
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 vous annoncerez
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sʁe/		 s’annonceront
/sa.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional m’annoncerais
/ma.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 t’annoncerais
/ta.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 s’annoncerait
/sa.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/		 nous annoncerions
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous annonceriez
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/		 s’annonceraient
/sa.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present m’annonce
/ma.nɔ̃s/		 t’annonces
/ta.nɔ̃s/		 s’annonce
/sa.nɔ̃s/		 nous annoncions
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/		 vous annonciez
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sje/		 s’annoncent
/sa.nɔ̃s/
imperfect2 m’annonçasse
/ma.nɔ̃.sas/		 t’annonçasses
/ta.nɔ̃.sas/		 s’annonçât
/sa.nɔ̃.sa/		 nous annonçassions
/nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 vous annonçassiez
/vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sa.sje/		 s’annonçassent
/sa.nɔ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — annonce-toi
/a.nɔ̃s.twa/		 — annonçons-nous
/a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃.nu/		 annoncez-vous
/a.nɔ̃.se.vu/		 —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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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