semoncer

French

Etymology

From semonce +‎ -er. See also Old French semondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.mɔ̃.se/

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Verb

semoncer

1. (literary) to scold, reprimand, rebuke

   Synonym: tancer

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 semoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	semoncer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	semonçant /sə.mɔ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		semoncé /sə.mɔ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/	semonces /sə.mɔ̃s/	semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/	semonçons /sə.mɔ̃.sɔ̃/	semoncez /sə.mɔ̃.se/	semoncent /sə.mɔ̃s/
	imperfect	semonçais /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/	semonçais /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/	semonçait /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/	semoncions /sə.mɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	semonciez /sə.mɔ̃.sje/	semonçaient /sə.mɔ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	semonçai /sə.mɔ̃.se/	semonças /sə.mɔ̃.sa/	semonça /sə.mɔ̃.sa/	semonçâmes /sə.mɔ̃.sam/	semonçâtes /sə.mɔ̃.sat/	semoncèrent /sə.mɔ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	semoncerai /sə.mɔ̃.sʁe/	semonceras /sə.mɔ̃.sʁa/	semoncera /sə.mɔ̃.sʁa/	semoncerons /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/	semoncerez /sə.mɔ̃.sʁe/	semonceront /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	semoncerais /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/	semoncerais /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/	semoncerait /sə.mɔ̃.sʁɛ/	semoncerions /sə.mɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	semonceriez /sə.mɔ̃.sə.ʁje/	semonceraient /sə.mɔ̃.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	semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/	semonces /sə.mɔ̃s/	semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/	semoncions /sə.mɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	semonciez /sə.mɔ̃.sje/	semoncent /sə.mɔ̃s/
	imperfect2	semonçasse /sə.mɔ̃.sas/	semonçasses /sə.mɔ̃.sas/	semonçât /sə.mɔ̃.sa/	semonçassions /sə.mɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	semonçassiez /sə.mɔ̃.sa.sje/	semonçassent /sə.mɔ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	semonce /sə.mɔ̃s/	—	semonçons /sə.mɔ̃.sɔ̃/	semoncez /sə.mɔ̃.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).

Further reading

• “semoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.