énoncer

French

Etymology

From Latin ēnuntiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.nɔ̃.se/

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Verb

énoncer

1. (transitive) to enounce, lay out, declare
2. (reflexive, obsolete) to explain

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 énoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	énoncer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	énonçant /e.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		énoncé /e.nɔ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	énonce /e.nɔ̃s/	énonces /e.nɔ̃s/	énonce /e.nɔ̃s/	énonçons /e.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	énoncez /e.nɔ̃.se/	énoncent /e.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect	énonçais /e.nɔ̃.sɛ/	énonçais /e.nɔ̃.sɛ/	énonçait /e.nɔ̃.sɛ/	énoncions /e.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	énonciez /e.nɔ̃.sje/	énonçaient /e.nɔ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	énonçai /e.nɔ̃.se/	énonças /e.nɔ̃.sa/	énonça /e.nɔ̃.sa/	énonçâmes /e.nɔ̃.sam/	énonçâtes /e.nɔ̃.sat/	énoncèrent /e.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	énoncerai /e.nɔ̃.sʁe/	énonceras /e.nɔ̃.sʁa/	énoncera /e.nɔ̃.sʁa/	énoncerons /e.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/	énoncerez /e.nɔ̃.sʁe/	énonceront /e.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	énoncerais /e.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	énoncerais /e.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	énoncerait /e.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	énoncerions /e.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	énonceriez /e.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/	énonceraient /e.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	énonce /e.nɔ̃s/	énonces /e.nɔ̃s/	énonce /e.nɔ̃s/	énoncions /e.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	énonciez /e.nɔ̃.sje/	énoncent /e.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect2	énonçasse /e.nɔ̃.sas/	énonçasses /e.nɔ̃.sas/	énonçât /e.nɔ̃.sa/	énonçassions /e.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	énonçassiez /e.nɔ̃.sa.sje/	énonçassent /e.nɔ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	énonce /e.nɔ̃s/	—	énonçons /e.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	énoncez /e.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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• encorne, encorné, renonce, renoncé