cosigner

English

Etymology

From co- +‎ signer or cosign +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cosigner (plural cosigners)

1. A cosignatory
2. (law) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another

Translations

cosignatory — see cosignatory

person who accepts joint responsibility for a debt

• Portuguese: fiador (pt) m

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French

Etymology

From co- +‎ signer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.si.ɲe/

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Verb

cosigner

1. to cosign

Conjugation

Conjugation of cosigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cosigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cosignant /kɔ.si.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cosigné /kɔ.si.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cosigne /kɔ.siɲ/	cosignes /kɔ.siɲ/	cosigne /kɔ.siɲ/	cosignons /kɔ.si.ɲɔ̃/	cosignez /kɔ.si.ɲe/	cosignent /kɔ.siɲ/
	imperfect	cosignais /kɔ.si.ɲɛ/	cosignais /kɔ.si.ɲɛ/	cosignait /kɔ.si.ɲɛ/	cosignions /kɔ.si.ɲjɔ̃/	cosigniez /kɔ.si.ɲje/	cosignaient /kɔ.si.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	cosignai /kɔ.si.ɲe/	cosignas /kɔ.si.ɲa/	cosigna /kɔ.si.ɲa/	cosignâmes /kɔ.si.ɲam/	cosignâtes /kɔ.si.ɲat/	cosignèrent /kɔ.si.ɲɛʁ/
	future	cosignerai /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁe/	cosigneras /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁa/	cosignera /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁa/	cosignerons /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	cosignerez /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁe/	cosigneront /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cosignerais /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/	cosignerais /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/	cosignerait /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁɛ/	cosignerions /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	cosigneriez /kɔ.si.ɲə.ʁje/	cosigneraient /kɔ.si.ɲə.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	cosigne /kɔ.siɲ/	cosignes /kɔ.siɲ/	cosigne /kɔ.siɲ/	cosignions /kɔ.si.ɲjɔ̃/	cosigniez /kɔ.si.ɲje/	cosignent /kɔ.siɲ/
	imperfect2	cosignasse /kɔ.si.ɲas/	cosignasses /kɔ.si.ɲas/	cosignât /kɔ.si.ɲa/	cosignassions /kɔ.si.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	cosignassiez /kɔ.si.ɲa.sje/	cosignassent /kɔ.si.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cosigne /kɔ.siɲ/	—	cosignons /kɔ.si.ɲɔ̃/	cosignez /kɔ.si.ɲe/	—
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).