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
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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.