amidonner

French

Etymology

From amidon (“starch”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mi.dɔ.ne/

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Verb

amidonner

1. to starch (apply starch)

Conjugation

Conjugation of amidonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amidonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amidonnant /a.mi.dɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amidonné /a.mi.dɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amidonne /a.mi.dɔn/	amidonnes /a.mi.dɔn/	amidonne /a.mi.dɔn/	amidonnons /a.mi.dɔ.nɔ̃/	amidonnez /a.mi.dɔ.ne/	amidonnent /a.mi.dɔn/
	imperfect	amidonnais /a.mi.dɔ.nɛ/	amidonnais /a.mi.dɔ.nɛ/	amidonnait /a.mi.dɔ.nɛ/	amidonnions /a.mi.dɔ.njɔ̃/	amidonniez /a.mi.dɔ.nje/	amidonnaient /a.mi.dɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	amidonnai /a.mi.dɔ.ne/	amidonnas /a.mi.dɔ.na/	amidonna /a.mi.dɔ.na/	amidonnâmes /a.mi.dɔ.nam/	amidonnâtes /a.mi.dɔ.nat/	amidonnèrent /a.mi.dɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	amidonnerai /a.mi.dɔn.ʁe/	amidonneras /a.mi.dɔn.ʁa/	amidonnera /a.mi.dɔn.ʁa/	amidonnerons /a.mi.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/	amidonnerez /a.mi.dɔn.ʁe/	amidonneront /a.mi.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amidonnerais /a.mi.dɔn.ʁɛ/	amidonnerais /a.mi.dɔn.ʁɛ/	amidonnerait /a.mi.dɔn.ʁɛ/	amidonnerions /a.mi.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	amidonneriez /a.mi.dɔ.nə.ʁje/	amidonneraient /a.mi.dɔn.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	amidonne /a.mi.dɔn/	amidonnes /a.mi.dɔn/	amidonne /a.mi.dɔn/	amidonnions /a.mi.dɔ.njɔ̃/	amidonniez /a.mi.dɔ.nje/	amidonnent /a.mi.dɔn/
	imperfect2	amidonnasse /a.mi.dɔ.nas/	amidonnasses /a.mi.dɔ.nas/	amidonnât /a.mi.dɔ.na/	amidonnassions /a.mi.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	amidonnassiez /a.mi.dɔ.na.sje/	amidonnassent /a.mi.dɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amidonne /a.mi.dɔn/	—	amidonnons /a.mi.dɔ.nɔ̃/	amidonnez /a.mi.dɔ.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: 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

• amidonnage
• amidonnerie

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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