sustenter
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /sys.tɑ̃.te/
Verb
sustenter
- (formal) to eat, to take sustenance
Conjugation
Conjugation of sustenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sustenter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sustentant /sys.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sustenté /sys.tɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
sustentes /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
sustentons /sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
sustentez /sys.tɑ̃.te/ |
sustentent /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | sustentais /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
sustentais /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
sustentait /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
sustentions /sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
sustentiez /sys.tɑ̃.tje/ |
sustentaient /sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sustentai /sys.tɑ̃.te/ |
sustentas /sys.tɑ̃.ta/ |
sustenta /sys.tɑ̃.ta/ |
sustentâmes /sys.tɑ̃.tam/ |
sustentâtes /sys.tɑ̃.tat/ |
sustentèrent /sys.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | sustenterai /sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
sustenteras /sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
sustentera /sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
sustenterons /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
sustenterez /sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
sustenteront /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sustenterais /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
sustenterais /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
sustenterait /sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
sustenterions /sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sustenteriez /sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
sustenteraient /sys.tɑ̃.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 | sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
sustentes /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
sustentions /sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
sustentiez /sys.tɑ̃.tje/ |
sustentent /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | sustentasse /sys.tɑ̃.tas/ |
sustentasses /sys.tɑ̃.tas/ |
sustentât /sys.tɑ̃.ta/ |
sustentassions /sys.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
sustentassiez /sys.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
sustentassent /sys.tɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sustente /sys.tɑ̃t/ |
— | sustentons /sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
sustentez /sys.tɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se sustenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se sustenter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se sustentant /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sustenté /sys.tɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me sustente /mə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
te sustentes /tə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
se sustente /sə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
nous sustentons /nu sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
vous sustentez /vu sys.tɑ̃.te/ |
se sustentent /sə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | me sustentais /mə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
te sustentais /tə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
se sustentait /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ |
nous sustentions /nu sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous sustentiez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se sustentaient /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me sustentai /mə sys.tɑ̃.te/ |
te sustentas /tə sys.tɑ̃.ta/ |
se sustenta /sə sys.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous sustentâmes /nu sys.tɑ̃.tam/ |
vous sustentâtes /vu sys.tɑ̃.tat/ |
se sustentèrent /sə sys.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | me sustenterai /mə sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
te sustenteras /tə sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
se sustentera /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁa/ |
nous sustenterons /nu sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
vous sustenterez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tʁe/ |
se sustenteront /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me sustenterais /mə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
te sustenterais /tə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
se sustenterait /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
nous sustenterions /nu sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous sustenteriez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
se sustenteraient /sə sys.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me sustente /mə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
te sustentes /tə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
se sustente /sə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
nous sustentions /nu sys.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
vous sustentiez /vu sys.tɑ̃.tje/ |
se sustentent /sə sys.tɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | me sustentasse /mə sys.tɑ̃.tas/ |
te sustentasses /tə sys.tɑ̃.tas/ |
se sustentât /sə sys.tɑ̃.ta/ |
nous sustentassions /nu sys.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous sustentassiez /vu sys.tɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
se sustentassent /sə sys.tɑ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sustente-toi /sys.tɑ̃t.twa/ |
— | sustentons-nous /sys.tɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/ |
sustentez-vous /sys.tɑ̃.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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). | |||||||
References
- “sustenter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊsˈtɛn.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [susˈt̪ɛn̪.t̪er]
Verb
sustenter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sustentō