menotter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
menotter
- to handcuff
Conjugation
Conjugation of menotter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | menotter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | menottant /mə.nɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | menotté /mə.nɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | menotte /mə.nɔt/ |
menottes /mə.nɔt/ |
menotte /mə.nɔt/ |
menottons /mə.nɔ.tɔ̃/ |
menottez /mə.nɔ.te/ |
menottent /mə.nɔt/ |
| imperfect | menottais /mə.nɔ.tɛ/ |
menottais /mə.nɔ.tɛ/ |
menottait /mə.nɔ.tɛ/ |
menottions /mə.nɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
menottiez /mə.nɔ.tje/ |
menottaient /mə.nɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | menottai /mə.nɔ.te/ |
menottas /mə.nɔ.ta/ |
menotta /mə.nɔ.ta/ |
menottâmes /mə.nɔ.tam/ |
menottâtes /mə.nɔ.tat/ |
menottèrent /mə.nɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | menotterai /mə.nɔ.tʁe/ |
menotteras /mə.nɔ.tʁa/ |
menottera /mə.nɔ.tʁa/ |
menotterons /mə.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/ |
menotterez /mə.nɔ.tʁe/ |
menotteront /mə.nɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | menotterais /mə.nɔ.tʁɛ/ |
menotterais /mə.nɔ.tʁɛ/ |
menotterait /mə.nɔ.tʁɛ/ |
menotterions /mə.nɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
menotteriez /mə.nɔ.tə.ʁje/ |
menotteraient /mə.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 | menotte /mə.nɔt/ |
menottes /mə.nɔt/ |
menotte /mə.nɔt/ |
menottions /mə.nɔ.tjɔ̃/ |
menottiez /mə.nɔ.tje/ |
menottent /mə.nɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | menottasse /mə.nɔ.tas/ |
menottasses /mə.nɔ.tas/ |
menottât /mə.nɔ.ta/ |
menottassions /mə.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
menottassiez /mə.nɔ.ta.sje/ |
menottassent /mə.nɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | menotte /mə.nɔt/ |
— | menottons /mə.nɔ.tɔ̃/ |
menottez /mə.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- démenotter
Further reading
- “menotter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.