blâmer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blastēmāre (variant of blasphēmāre). Doublet of blasphémer, which was borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bla.me/ ~ /blɑ.me/
Audio: (file) - Homophones: blâmai, blâmé, blâmée, blâmées, blâmés, blâmez
Verb
blâmer
- to blame
Conjugation
Conjugation of blâmer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | blâmer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | blâmant /bla.mɑ̃/ or /blɑ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | blâmé /bla.me/ or /blɑ.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | blâme /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
blâmes /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
blâme /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
blâmons /bla.mɔ̃/ or /blɑ.mɔ̃/ |
blâmez /bla.me/ or /blɑ.me/ |
blâment /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
| imperfect | blâmais /bla.mɛ/ or /blɑ.mɛ/ |
blâmais /bla.mɛ/ or /blɑ.mɛ/ |
blâmait /bla.mɛ/ or /blɑ.mɛ/ |
blâmions /bla.mjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.mjɔ̃/ |
blâmiez /bla.mje/ or /blɑ.mje/ |
blâmaient /bla.mɛ/ or /blɑ.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | blâmai /bla.me/ or /blɑ.me/ |
blâmas /bla.ma/ or /blɑ.ma/ |
blâma /bla.ma/ or /blɑ.ma/ |
blâmâmes /bla.mam/ or /blɑ.mam/ |
blâmâtes /bla.mat/ or /blɑ.mat/ |
blâmèrent /bla.mɛʁ/ or /blɑ.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | blâmerai /blam.ʁe/ or /blɑm.ʁe/ |
blâmeras /blam.ʁa/ or /blɑm.ʁa/ |
blâmera /blam.ʁa/ or /blɑm.ʁa/ |
blâmerons /blam.ʁɔ̃/ or /blɑm.ʁɔ̃/ |
blâmerez /blam.ʁe/ or /blɑm.ʁe/ |
blâmeront /blam.ʁɔ̃/ or /blɑm.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | blâmerais /blam.ʁɛ/ or /blɑm.ʁɛ/ |
blâmerais /blam.ʁɛ/ or /blɑm.ʁɛ/ |
blâmerait /blam.ʁɛ/ or /blɑm.ʁɛ/ |
blâmerions /bla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
blâmeriez /bla.mə.ʁje/ or /blɑ.mə.ʁje/ |
blâmeraient /blam.ʁɛ/ or /blɑm.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 | blâme /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
blâmes /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
blâme /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
blâmions /bla.mjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.mjɔ̃/ |
blâmiez /bla.mje/ or /blɑ.mje/ |
blâment /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
| imperfect2 | blâmasse /bla.mas/ or /blɑ.mas/ |
blâmasses /bla.mas/ or /blɑ.mas/ |
blâmât /bla.ma/ or /blɑ.ma/ |
blâmassions /bla.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /blɑ.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
blâmassiez /bla.ma.sje/ or /blɑ.ma.sje/ |
blâmassent /bla.mas/ or /blɑ.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | blâme /blam/ or /blɑm/ |
— | blâmons /bla.mɔ̃/ or /blɑ.mɔ̃/ |
blâmez /bla.me/ or /blɑ.me/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “blâmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.