consterner

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsternō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/

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Verb

consterner

1. to alarm, to dismay

Conjugation

Conjugation of consterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	consterner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	consternant /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		consterné /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	consternes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	consternons /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/	consternez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/	consternent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/
	imperfect	consternais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/	consternais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/	consternait /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/	consternions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/	consterniez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nje/	consternaient /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	consternai /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.ne/	consternas /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/	consterna /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/	consternâmes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nam/	consternâtes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nat/	consternèrent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	consternerai /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	consterneras /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	consternera /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	consternerons /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	consternerez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	consterneront /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	consternerais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	consternerais /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	consternerait /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	consternerions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	consterneriez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/	consterneraient /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nə.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	consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	consternes /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	consternions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/	consterniez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nje/	consternent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/
	imperfect2	consternasse /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/	consternasses /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/	consternât /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na/	consternassions /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	consternassiez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.na.sje/	consternassent /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	consterne /kɔ̃s.tɛʁn/	—	consternons /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/	consternez /kɔ̃s.tɛʁ.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

• consternant
• consternation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• centrerons, rencontres, rencontrés

Latin

Verb

cōnsterner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnsternō