annoncer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French anoncier, from Latin adnūntiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ̃.se/

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Verb

annoncer

1. to announce
2. to predict, foretell
3. (card games) to declare
4. (reflexive) to approach

   La nuit s’annonce. ― The night is approaching.

5. (reflexive) to show
6. (informal, reflexive) to promise to be

   L’entreprise s’annonce difficile. ― The undertaking promises to be difficult.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of annoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	annoncer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	annonçant /a.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		annoncé /a.nɔ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	annonce /a.nɔ̃s/	annonces /a.nɔ̃s/	annonce /a.nɔ̃s/	annonçons /a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	annoncez /a.nɔ̃.se/	annoncent /a.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect	annonçais /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/	annonçais /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/	annonçait /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/	annoncions /a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	annonciez /a.nɔ̃.sje/	annonçaient /a.nɔ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	annonçai /a.nɔ̃.se/	annonças /a.nɔ̃.sa/	annonça /a.nɔ̃.sa/	annonçâmes /a.nɔ̃.sam/	annonçâtes /a.nɔ̃.sat/	annoncèrent /a.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	annoncerai /a.nɔ̃.sʁe/	annonceras /a.nɔ̃.sʁa/	annoncera /a.nɔ̃.sʁa/	annoncerons /a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/	annoncerez /a.nɔ̃.sʁe/	annonceront /a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	annoncerais /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	annoncerais /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	annoncerait /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	annoncerions /a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	annonceriez /a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/	annonceraient /a.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	annonce /a.nɔ̃s/	annonces /a.nɔ̃s/	annonce /a.nɔ̃s/	annoncions /a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	annonciez /a.nɔ̃.sje/	annoncent /a.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect2	annonçasse /a.nɔ̃.sas/	annonçasses /a.nɔ̃.sas/	annonçât /a.nɔ̃.sa/	annonçassions /a.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	annonçassiez /a.nɔ̃.sa.sje/	annonçassent /a.nɔ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	annonce /a.nɔ̃s/	—	annonçons /a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	annoncez /a.nɔ̃.se/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of s'annoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'annoncer
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	s’annonçant /sa.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		annoncé /a.nɔ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’annonce /ma.nɔ̃s/	t’annonces /ta.nɔ̃s/	s’annonce /sa.nɔ̃s/	nous annonçons /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	vous annoncez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.se/	s’annoncent /sa.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect	m’annonçais /ma.nɔ̃.sɛ/	t’annonçais /ta.nɔ̃.sɛ/	s’annonçait /sa.nɔ̃.sɛ/	nous annoncions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	vous annonciez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sje/	s’annonçaient /sa.nɔ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	m’annonçai /ma.nɔ̃.se/	t’annonças /ta.nɔ̃.sa/	s’annonça /sa.nɔ̃.sa/	nous annonçâmes /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sam/	vous annonçâtes /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sat/	s’annoncèrent /sa.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	m’annoncerai /ma.nɔ̃.sʁe/	t’annonceras /ta.nɔ̃.sʁa/	s’annoncera /sa.nɔ̃.sʁa/	nous annoncerons /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/	vous annoncerez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sʁe/	s’annonceront /sa.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’annoncerais /ma.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	t’annoncerais /ta.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	s’annoncerait /sa.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	nous annoncerions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous annonceriez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/	s’annonceraient /sa.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	m’annonce /ma.nɔ̃s/	t’annonces /ta.nɔ̃s/	s’annonce /sa.nɔ̃s/	nous annoncions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	vous annonciez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sje/	s’annoncent /sa.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect2	m’annonçasse /ma.nɔ̃.sas/	t’annonçasses /ta.nɔ̃.sas/	s’annonçât /sa.nɔ̃.sa/	nous annonçassions /nu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	vous annonçassiez /vu.z‿a.nɔ̃.sa.sje/	s’annonçassent /sa.nɔ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	annonce-toi /a.nɔ̃s.twa/	—	annonçons-nous /a.nɔ̃.sɔ̃.nu/	annoncez-vous /a.nɔ̃.se.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• annonce
• annoncer la couleur
• annonceur
• annonciateur
• Annonciation

 

Related terms

• dénoncer
• nonce

 

Further reading

• “annoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rançonne, rançonné