argumenter

French

Etymology

From argument +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/
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Verb

argumenter

  1. to present one's arguments, to set out one's arguments, to argue

Conjugation
Conjugation of argumenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple argumenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple argumentant
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle argumenté
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present argumente
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 argumentes
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 argumente
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 argumentons
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 argumentez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/		 argumentent
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/
imperfect argumentais
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 argumentais
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 argumentait
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 argumentions
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 argumentiez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tje/		 argumentaient
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 argumentai
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/		 argumentas
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta/		 argumenta
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta/		 argumentâmes
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tam/		 argumentâtes
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tat/		 argumentèrent
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future argumenterai
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 argumenteras
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 argumentera
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 argumenterons
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 argumenterez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 argumenteront
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional argumenterais
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 argumenterais
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 argumenterait
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 argumenterions
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 argumenteriez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 argumenteraient
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 argumente
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 argumentes
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 argumente
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 argumentions
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 argumentiez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tje/		 argumentent
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 argumentasse
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tas/		 argumentasses
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tas/		 argumentât
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta/		 argumentassions
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 argumentassiez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.ta.sje/		 argumentassent
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — argumente
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃t/		 — argumentons
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 argumentez
/aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.te/		 —
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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

argūmenter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of argūmentor

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

argumenter n

  1. indefinite plural of argument

Verb

argumenter

  1. imperative of argumentere
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