connoter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotāre (“to mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + notō (“to note”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.nɔ.te/

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Verb

connoter

1. connote

Conjugation

Conjugation of connoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	connoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	connotant /kɔ.nɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		connoté /kɔ.nɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	connote /kɔ.nɔt/	connotes /kɔ.nɔt/	connote /kɔ.nɔt/	connotons /kɔ.nɔ.tɔ̃/	connotez /kɔ.nɔ.te/	connotent /kɔ.nɔt/
	imperfect	connotais /kɔ.nɔ.tɛ/	connotais /kɔ.nɔ.tɛ/	connotait /kɔ.nɔ.tɛ/	connotions /kɔ.nɔ.tjɔ̃/	connotiez /kɔ.nɔ.tje/	connotaient /kɔ.nɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	connotai /kɔ.nɔ.te/	connotas /kɔ.nɔ.ta/	connota /kɔ.nɔ.ta/	connotâmes /kɔ.nɔ.tam/	connotâtes /kɔ.nɔ.tat/	connotèrent /kɔ.nɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	connoterai /kɔ.nɔ.tʁe/	connoteras /kɔ.nɔ.tʁa/	connotera /kɔ.nɔ.tʁa/	connoterons /kɔ.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/	connoterez /kɔ.nɔ.tʁe/	connoteront /kɔ.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	connoterais /kɔ.nɔ.tʁɛ/	connoterais /kɔ.nɔ.tʁɛ/	connoterait /kɔ.nɔ.tʁɛ/	connoterions /kɔ.nɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	connoteriez /kɔ.nɔ.tə.ʁje/	connoteraient /kɔ.nɔ.tʁɛ/
(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	connote /kɔ.nɔt/	connotes /kɔ.nɔt/	connote /kɔ.nɔt/	connotions /kɔ.nɔ.tjɔ̃/	connotiez /kɔ.nɔ.tje/	connotent /kɔ.nɔt/
	imperfect2	connotasse /kɔ.nɔ.tas/	connotasses /kɔ.nɔ.tas/	connotât /kɔ.nɔ.ta/	connotassions /kɔ.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	connotassiez /kɔ.nɔ.ta.sje/	connotassent /kɔ.nɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	connote /kɔ.nɔt/	—	connotons /kɔ.nɔ.tɔ̃/	connotez /kɔ.nɔ.te/	—
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

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