diffamer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffāmāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /di.fa.me/
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Verb

diffamer

  1. to defame; smear; ruin the name of

Conjugation
Conjugation of diffamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple diffamer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple diffamant
/di.fa.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle diffamé
/di.fa.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present diffame
/di.fam/		 diffames
/di.fam/		 diffame
/di.fam/		 diffamons
/di.fa.mɔ̃/		 diffamez
/di.fa.me/		 diffament
/di.fam/
imperfect diffamais
/di.fa.mɛ/		 diffamais
/di.fa.mɛ/		 diffamait
/di.fa.mɛ/		 diffamions
/di.fa.mjɔ̃/		 diffamiez
/di.fa.mje/		 diffamaient
/di.fa.mɛ/
past historic2 diffamai
/di.fa.me/		 diffamas
/di.fa.ma/		 diffama
/di.fa.ma/		 diffamâmes
/di.fa.mam/		 diffamâtes
/di.fa.mat/		 diffamèrent
/di.fa.mɛʁ/
future diffamerai
/di.fam.ʁe/		 diffameras
/di.fam.ʁa/		 diffamera
/di.fam.ʁa/		 diffamerons
/di.fam.ʁɔ̃/		 diffamerez
/di.fam.ʁe/		 diffameront
/di.fam.ʁɔ̃/
conditional diffamerais
/di.fam.ʁɛ/		 diffamerais
/di.fam.ʁɛ/		 diffamerait
/di.fam.ʁɛ/		 diffamerions
/di.fa.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 diffameriez
/di.fa.mə.ʁje/		 diffameraient
/di.fam.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 diffame
/di.fam/		 diffames
/di.fam/		 diffame
/di.fam/		 diffamions
/di.fa.mjɔ̃/		 diffamiez
/di.fa.mje/		 diffament
/di.fam/
imperfect2 diffamasse
/di.fa.mas/		 diffamasses
/di.fa.mas/		 diffamât
/di.fa.ma/		 diffamassions
/di.fa.ma.sjɔ̃/		 diffamassiez
/di.fa.ma.sje/		 diffamassent
/di.fa.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — diffame
/di.fam/		 — diffamons
/di.fa.mɔ̃/		 diffamez
/di.fa.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

diffāmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of diffāmō
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