poinçonner

French

Etymology

From poinçon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne/

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Verb

poinçonner

1. (transitive) to stamp, punch
2. (transitive) to hallmark

Conjugation

Conjugation of poinçonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	poinçonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	poinçonnant /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		poinçonné /pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	poinçonne /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	poinçonnes /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	poinçonne /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	poinçonnons /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/	poinçonnez /pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne/	poinçonnent /pwɛ̃.sɔn/
	imperfect	poinçonnais /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɛ/	poinçonnais /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɛ/	poinçonnait /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɛ/	poinçonnions /pwɛ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/	poinçonniez /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nje/	poinçonnaient /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	poinçonnai /pwɛ̃.sɔ.ne/	poinçonnas /pwɛ̃.sɔ.na/	poinçonna /pwɛ̃.sɔ.na/	poinçonnâmes /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nam/	poinçonnâtes /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nat/	poinçonnèrent /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	poinçonnerai /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁe/	poinçonneras /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁa/	poinçonnera /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁa/	poinçonnerons /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/	poinçonnerez /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁe/	poinçonneront /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	poinçonnerais /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/	poinçonnerais /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/	poinçonnerait /pwɛ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/	poinçonnerions /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	poinçonneriez /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁje/	poinçonneraient /pwɛ̃.sɔn.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	poinçonne /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	poinçonnes /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	poinçonne /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	poinçonnions /pwɛ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/	poinçonniez /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nje/	poinçonnent /pwɛ̃.sɔn/
	imperfect2	poinçonnasse /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nas/	poinçonnasses /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nas/	poinçonnât /pwɛ̃.sɔ.na/	poinçonnassions /pwɛ̃.sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	poinçonnassiez /pwɛ̃.sɔ.na.sje/	poinçonnassent /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	poinçonne /pwɛ̃.sɔn/	—	poinçonnons /pwɛ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/	poinçonnez /pwɛ̃.sɔ.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

• contre-poinçonner
• contrepoinçonner
• poinçonnable
• poinçonnage
• poinçonnement
• poinçonneur
• poinçonneuse

 

Further reading

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