assener

See also: asséner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French assener, from Old French asener, from sen (“direction”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mental faculty, way, direction”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ sens +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.ne/, /a.se.ne/

• Audio:

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Verb

assener

1. to strike (a blow)
2. to thrust out, fling (an argument, reply)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il assène and the third-person singular future indicative il assènera.

Conjugation of assener (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	assener
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	assenant /as.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		assené /as.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	assène /a.sɛn/	assènes /a.sɛn/	assène /a.sɛn/	assenons /as.nɔ̃/	assenez /as.ne/	assènent /a.sɛn/
	imperfect	assenais /as.nɛ/	assenais /as.nɛ/	assenait /as.nɛ/	assenions /a.sə.njɔ̃/	asseniez /a.sə.nje/	assenaient /as.nɛ/
	past historic2	assenai /as.ne/	assenas /as.na/	assena /as.na/	assenâmes /as.nam/	assenâtes /as.nat/	assenèrent /as.nɛʁ/
	future	assènerai /a.sɛn.ʁe/	assèneras /a.sɛn.ʁa/	assènera /a.sɛn.ʁa/	assènerons /a.sɛn.ʁɔ̃/	assènerez /a.sɛn.ʁe/	assèneront /a.sɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	assènerais /a.sɛn.ʁɛ/	assènerais /a.sɛn.ʁɛ/	assènerait /a.sɛn.ʁɛ/	assènerions /a.sɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.se.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	assèneriez /a.sɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /a.se.nə.ʁje/	assèneraient /a.sɛn.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	assène /a.sɛn/	assènes /a.sɛn/	assène /a.sɛn/	assenions /a.sə.njɔ̃/	asseniez /a.sə.nje/	assènent /a.sɛn/
	imperfect2	assenasse /as.nas/	assenasses /as.nas/	assenât /as.na/	assenassions /as.na.sjɔ̃/	assenassiez /as.na.sje/	assenassent /as.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	assène /a.sɛn/	—	assenons /as.nɔ̃/	assenez /as.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).

Further reading

• “assener”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “assener” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “assener” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.