consigner

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

consign +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

consigner (plural consigners)

  1. The party that consigns.
  2. (business) The party that provides merchandise for consignment sale.
    • 2007 August 24, Wendy Moonan, “Tea Is Served, With Extra Rococo and a Hint of Revolution”, in New York Times‎:
      The two joined Mr. Hook and the consigner at dinner to discuss the sale and then returned to the house.

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin cōnsignāre.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Verb

consigner

  1. (military) to confine to quarters
  2. (school) to give (somebody) detention
  3. to record, to write down
  4. to consign

Conjugation
Conjugation of consigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple consigner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple consignant
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle consigné
/kɔ̃.si.ɲe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present consigne
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 consignes
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 consigne
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 consignons
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɔ̃/		 consignez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲe/		 consignent
/kɔ̃.siɲ/
imperfect consignais
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɛ/		 consignais
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɛ/		 consignait
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɛ/		 consignions
/kɔ̃.si.ɲjɔ̃/		 consigniez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲje/		 consignaient
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɛ/
past historic2 consignai
/kɔ̃.si.ɲe/		 consignas
/kɔ̃.si.ɲa/		 consigna
/kɔ̃.si.ɲa/		 consignâmes
/kɔ̃.si.ɲam/		 consignâtes
/kɔ̃.si.ɲat/		 consignèrent
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɛʁ/
future consignerai
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁe/		 consigneras
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁa/		 consignera
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁa/		 consignerons
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 consignerez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁe/		 consigneront
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional consignerais
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 consignerais
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 consignerait
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 consignerions
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 consigneriez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.ʁje/		 consigneraient
/kɔ̃.si.ɲə.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 consigne
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 consignes
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 consigne
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 consignions
/kɔ̃.si.ɲjɔ̃/		 consigniez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲje/		 consignent
/kɔ̃.siɲ/
imperfect2 consignasse
/kɔ̃.si.ɲas/		 consignasses
/kɔ̃.si.ɲas/		 consignât
/kɔ̃.si.ɲa/		 consignassions
/kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 consignassiez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲa.sje/		 consignassent
/kɔ̃.si.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — consigne
/kɔ̃.siɲ/		 — consignons
/kɔ̃.si.ɲɔ̃/		 consignez
/kɔ̃.si.ɲe/		 —
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

cōnsigner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsignō
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.