grenader

See also: Grenader

French

Etymology

From grenade.

Pronunciation

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Verb

grenader

1. to grenade (attack with grenades)

Conjugation

Conjugation of grenader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grenader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grenadant /ɡʁə.na.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grenadé /ɡʁə.na.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grenade /ɡʁə.nad/	grenades /ɡʁə.nad/	grenade /ɡʁə.nad/	grenadons /ɡʁə.na.dɔ̃/	grenadez /ɡʁə.na.de/	grenadent /ɡʁə.nad/
	imperfect	grenadais /ɡʁə.na.dɛ/	grenadais /ɡʁə.na.dɛ/	grenadait /ɡʁə.na.dɛ/	grenadions /ɡʁə.na.djɔ̃/	grenadiez /ɡʁə.na.dje/	grenadaient /ɡʁə.na.dɛ/
	past historic2	grenadai /ɡʁə.na.de/	grenadas /ɡʁə.na.da/	grenada /ɡʁə.na.da/	grenadâmes /ɡʁə.na.dam/	grenadâtes /ɡʁə.na.dat/	grenadèrent /ɡʁə.na.dɛʁ/
	future	grenaderai /ɡʁə.na.dʁe/	grenaderas /ɡʁə.na.dʁa/	grenadera /ɡʁə.na.dʁa/	grenaderons /ɡʁə.na.dʁɔ̃/	grenaderez /ɡʁə.na.dʁe/	grenaderont /ɡʁə.na.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grenaderais /ɡʁə.na.dʁɛ/	grenaderais /ɡʁə.na.dʁɛ/	grenaderait /ɡʁə.na.dʁɛ/	grenaderions /ɡʁə.na.də.ʁjɔ̃/	grenaderiez /ɡʁə.na.də.ʁje/	grenaderaient /ɡʁə.na.dʁɛ/
(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	grenade /ɡʁə.nad/	grenades /ɡʁə.nad/	grenade /ɡʁə.nad/	grenadions /ɡʁə.na.djɔ̃/	grenadiez /ɡʁə.na.dje/	grenadent /ɡʁə.nad/
	imperfect2	grenadasse /ɡʁə.na.das/	grenadasses /ɡʁə.na.das/	grenadât /ɡʁə.na.da/	grenadassions /ɡʁə.na.da.sjɔ̃/	grenadassiez /ɡʁə.na.da.sje/	grenadassent /ɡʁə.na.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grenade /ɡʁə.nad/	—	grenadons /ɡʁə.na.dɔ̃/	grenadez /ɡʁə.na.de/	—
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).

Derived terms

• grenadage
• grenadeur

Further reading

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

Paronyms

• grenadier

Anagrams

• déranger