materner

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māternus (“relating to a mother, maternal”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.tɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

materner

  1. (transitive) to mother, mollycoddle

Conjugation
Conjugation of materner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple materner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maternant
/ma.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle materné
/ma.tɛʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present materne
/ma.tɛʁn/		 maternes
/ma.tɛʁn/		 materne
/ma.tɛʁn/		 maternons
/ma.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 maternez
/ma.tɛʁ.ne/		 maternent
/ma.tɛʁn/
imperfect maternais
/ma.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 maternais
/ma.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 maternait
/ma.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 maternions
/ma.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 materniez
/ma.tɛʁ.nje/		 maternaient
/ma.tɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 maternai
/ma.tɛʁ.ne/		 maternas
/ma.tɛʁ.na/		 materna
/ma.tɛʁ.na/		 maternâmes
/ma.tɛʁ.nam/		 maternâtes
/ma.tɛʁ.nat/		 maternèrent
/ma.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future maternerai
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 materneras
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 maternera
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 maternerons
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 maternerez
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 materneront
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional maternerais
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 maternerais
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 maternerait
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 maternerions
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 materneriez
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/		 materneraient
/ma.tɛʁ.nə.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 materne
/ma.tɛʁn/		 maternes
/ma.tɛʁn/		 materne
/ma.tɛʁn/		 maternions
/ma.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 materniez
/ma.tɛʁ.nje/		 maternent
/ma.tɛʁn/
imperfect2 maternasse
/ma.tɛʁ.nas/		 maternasses
/ma.tɛʁ.nas/		 maternât
/ma.tɛʁ.na/		 maternassions
/ma.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 maternassiez
/ma.tɛʁ.na.sje/		 maternassent
/ma.tɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — materne
/ma.tɛʁn/		 — maternons
/ma.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 maternez
/ma.tɛʁ.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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