gangrener

See also: gangréner

French

Etymology

Back-formation from gangrené.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.ne/

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Verb

gangrener

1. (reflexive, medicine) to develop gangrene
2. (figuratively) to completely corrupt

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 gangrène and the third-person singular future indicative il gangrènera.

Conjugation of gangrener (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gangrener
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gangrenant /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gangrené /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gangrène /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	gangrènes /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	gangrène /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	gangrenons /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɔ̃/	gangrenez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.ne/	gangrènent /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/
	imperfect	gangrenais /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɛ/	gangrenais /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɛ/	gangrenait /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɛ/	gangrenions /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.njɔ̃/	gangreniez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nje/	gangrenaient /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɛ/
	past historic2	gangrenai /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.ne/	gangrenas /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.na/	gangrena /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.na/	gangrenâmes /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nam/	gangrenâtes /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nat/	gangrenèrent /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɛʁ/
	future	gangrènerai /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁe/	gangrèneras /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁa/	gangrènera /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁa/	gangrènerons /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/	gangrènerez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁe/	gangrèneront /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gangrènerais /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/	gangrènerais /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/	gangrènerait /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/	gangrènerions /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	gangrèneriez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁe.nə.ʁje/	gangrèneraient /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn.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	gangrène /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	gangrènes /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	gangrène /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	gangrenions /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.njɔ̃/	gangreniez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nje/	gangrènent /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/
	imperfect2	gangrenasse /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nas/	gangrenasses /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nas/	gangrenât /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.na/	gangrenassions /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.na.sjɔ̃/	gangrenassiez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.na.sje/	gangrenassent /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gangrène /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁɛn/	—	gangrenons /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.nɔ̃/	gangrenez /ɡɑ̃.ɡʁə.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).

Related terms

• gangrène

Further reading

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