endommager

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ dommage (“damage”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/

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Verb

endommager

1. to damage (to cause damage to something)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written endommage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of endommager (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	endommager
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	endommageant /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		endommagé /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	endommages /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	endommageons /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɔ̃/	endommagez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/	endommagent /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/
	imperfect	endommageais /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/	endommageais /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/	endommageait /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/	endommagions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒjɔ̃/	endommagiez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒje/	endommageaient /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	endommageai /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/	endommageas /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa/	endommagea /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa/	endommageâmes /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒam/	endommageâtes /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒat/	endommagèrent /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɛʁ/
	future	endommagerai /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁe/	endommageras /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁa/	endommagera /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁa/	endommagerons /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/	endommagerez /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁe/	endommageront /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	endommagerais /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/	endommagerais /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/	endommagerait /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.ʁɛ/	endommagerions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	endommageriez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒə.ʁje/	endommageraient /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ.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	endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	endommages /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	endommagions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒjɔ̃/	endommagiez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒje/	endommagent /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/
	imperfect2	endommageasse /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒas/	endommageasses /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒas/	endommageât /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa/	endommageassions /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	endommageassiez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒa.sje/	endommageassent /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	endommage /ɑ̃.dɔ.maʒ/	—	endommageons /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒɔ̃/	endommagez /ɑ̃.dɔ.ma.ʒe/	—
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

• endommagement

Related terms

• dommage

Further reading

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