sermonner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sermoner, sermuner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.mɔ.ne/

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Verb

sermonner

1. (transitive) to lecture, sermonise

Conjugation

Conjugation of sermonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sermonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sermonnant /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sermonné /sɛʁ.mɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sermonne /sɛʁ.mɔn/	sermonnes /sɛʁ.mɔn/	sermonne /sɛʁ.mɔn/	sermonnons /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɔ̃/	sermonnez /sɛʁ.mɔ.ne/	sermonnent /sɛʁ.mɔn/
	imperfect	sermonnais /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	sermonnais /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	sermonnait /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	sermonnions /sɛʁ.mɔ.njɔ̃/	sermonniez /sɛʁ.mɔ.nje/	sermonnaient /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	sermonnai /sɛʁ.mɔ.ne/	sermonnas /sɛʁ.mɔ.na/	sermonna /sɛʁ.mɔ.na/	sermonnâmes /sɛʁ.mɔ.nam/	sermonnâtes /sɛʁ.mɔ.nat/	sermonnèrent /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	sermonnerai /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁe/	sermonneras /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁa/	sermonnera /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁa/	sermonnerons /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/	sermonnerez /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁe/	sermonneront /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sermonnerais /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	sermonnerais /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	sermonnerait /sɛʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	sermonnerions /sɛʁ.mɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	sermonneriez /sɛʁ.mɔ.nə.ʁje/	sermonneraient /sɛʁ.mɔn.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	sermonne /sɛʁ.mɔn/	sermonnes /sɛʁ.mɔn/	sermonne /sɛʁ.mɔn/	sermonnions /sɛʁ.mɔ.njɔ̃/	sermonniez /sɛʁ.mɔ.nje/	sermonnent /sɛʁ.mɔn/
	imperfect2	sermonnasse /sɛʁ.mɔ.nas/	sermonnasses /sɛʁ.mɔ.nas/	sermonnât /sɛʁ.mɔ.na/	sermonnassions /sɛʁ.mɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	sermonnassiez /sɛʁ.mɔ.na.sje/	sermonnassent /sɛʁ.mɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sermonne /sɛʁ.mɔn/	—	sermonnons /sɛʁ.mɔ.nɔ̃/	sermonnez /sɛʁ.mɔ.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).

Further reading

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