chainer
English
Etymology
Noun
chainer (plural chainers)
- One who chains.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɛ.ne/ ~ /ʃe.ne/
Audio: (file)
Verb
chainer
- post-1990 spelling of chaîner
Conjugation
Conjugation of chainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | chainer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chainant /ʃɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ʃe.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | chainé /ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | chaine /ʃɛn/ |
chaines /ʃɛn/ |
chaine /ʃɛn/ |
chainons /ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nɔ̃/ |
chainez /ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ |
chainent /ʃɛn/ |
| imperfect | chainais /ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
chainais /ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
chainait /ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ |
chainions /ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʃe.njɔ̃/ |
chainiez /ʃɛ.nje/ or /ʃe.nje/ |
chainaient /ʃɛ.nɛ/ or /ʃe.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chainai /ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.ne/ |
chainas /ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ |
chaina /ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ |
chainâmes /ʃɛ.nam/ or /ʃe.nam/ |
chainâtes /ʃɛ.nat/ or /ʃe.nat/ |
chainèrent /ʃɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ʃe.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | chainerai /ʃɛn.ʁe/ |
chaineras /ʃɛn.ʁa/ |
chainera /ʃɛn.ʁa/ |
chainerons /ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
chainerez /ʃɛn.ʁe/ |
chaineront /ʃɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chainerais /ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
chainerais /ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
chainerait /ʃɛn.ʁɛ/ |
chainerions /ʃɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chaineriez /ʃɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʃe.nə.ʁje/ |
chaineraient /ʃɛn.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 | chaine /ʃɛn/ |
chaines /ʃɛn/ |
chaine /ʃɛn/ |
chainions /ʃɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʃe.njɔ̃/ |
chainiez /ʃɛ.nje/ or /ʃe.nje/ |
chainent /ʃɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | chainasse /ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ |
chainasses /ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ |
chainât /ʃɛ.na/ or /ʃe.na/ |
chainassions /ʃɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʃe.na.sjɔ̃/ |
chainassiez /ʃɛ.na.sje/ or /ʃe.na.sje/ |
chainassent /ʃɛ.nas/ or /ʃe.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | chaine /ʃɛn/ |
— | chainons /ʃɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʃe.nɔ̃/ |
chainez /ʃɛ.ne/ or /ʃe.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “chainer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.