censurer

English

Etymology

From censure +‎ -er.

Noun

censurer (plural censurers)

  1. One who censures.
    Synonyms: censor, scolder, vituperator
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      […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]

Translations
censor — see censor

French

Etymology

From censure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/
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Verb

censurer

  1. to formally rebuke; to censure
  2. to censor

Usage notes
  • The "rebuke" meaning usually refers to organization with a specific process for separating themselves from their members' speech, such as religious organizations, political parties and legislatures.

Conjugation
Conjugation of censurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple censurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple censurant
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle censuré
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 censures
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 censurons
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɔ̃/		 censurez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/		 censurent
/sɑ̃.syʁ/
imperfect censurais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/		 censurais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/		 censurait
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/		 censurions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁjɔ̃/		 censuriez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁje/		 censuraient
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 censurai
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/		 censuras
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa/		 censura
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa/		 censurâmes
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁam/		 censurâtes
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁat/		 censurèrent
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛʁ/
future censurerai
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁe/		 censureras
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁa/		 censurera
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁa/		 censurerons
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 censurerez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁe/		 censureront
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional censurerais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 censurerais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 censurerait
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 censurerions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 censureriez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁje/		 censureraient
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.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 censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 censures
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 censurions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁjɔ̃/		 censuriez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁje/		 censurent
/sɑ̃.syʁ/
imperfect2 censurasse
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁas/		 censurasses
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁas/		 censurât
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa/		 censurassions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 censurassiez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sje/		 censurassent
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/		 — censurons
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɔ̃/		 censurez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/		 —
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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