clamer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French clamer, from Latin clamāre, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to shout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.me/
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Verb
clamer
- to proclaim
- Il n’a jamais cessé de clamer son innocence.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of clamer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | clamer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clamant /kla.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clamé /kla.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clame /klam/ |
clames /klam/ |
clame /klam/ |
clamons /kla.mɔ̃/ |
clamez /kla.me/ |
clament /klam/ |
| imperfect | clamais /kla.mɛ/ |
clamais /kla.mɛ/ |
clamait /kla.mɛ/ |
clamions /kla.mjɔ̃/ |
clamiez /kla.mje/ |
clamaient /kla.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clamai /kla.me/ |
clamas /kla.ma/ |
clama /kla.ma/ |
clamâmes /kla.mam/ |
clamâtes /kla.mat/ |
clamèrent /kla.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | clamerai /klam.ʁe/ |
clameras /klam.ʁa/ |
clamera /klam.ʁa/ |
clamerons /klam.ʁɔ̃/ |
clamerez /klam.ʁe/ |
clameront /klam.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clamerais /klam.ʁɛ/ |
clamerais /klam.ʁɛ/ |
clamerait /klam.ʁɛ/ |
clamerions /kla.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
clameriez /kla.mə.ʁje/ |
clameraient /klam.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 | clame /klam/ |
clames /klam/ |
clame /klam/ |
clamions /kla.mjɔ̃/ |
clamiez /kla.mje/ |
clament /klam/ |
| imperfect2 | clamasse /kla.mas/ |
clamasses /kla.mas/ |
clamât /kla.ma/ |
clamassions /kla.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
clamassiez /kla.ma.sje/ |
clamassent /kla.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clame /klam/ |
— | clamons /kla.mɔ̃/ |
clamez /kla.me/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “clamer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ms, *-mt are modified to ns, nt. This verb has a stressed present stem claim distinct from the unstressed stem clam. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | clamer | avoir clamé | |||||
| gerund | en clamant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | clamant | ||||||
| past participle | clamé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | claim | claimes | claime | clamons | clamez | claiment |
| imperfect | clamoie, clameie, clamoe, clameve | clamoies, clameies, clamoes, clameves | clamoit, clameit, clamot, clameve | clamiiens, clamiens | clamiiez, clamiez | clamoient, clameient, clamoent, clamevent | |
| preterite | clamai | clamas | clama | clamames | clamastes | clamerent | |
| future | clamerai | clameras | clamera | clamerons | clameroiz, clamereiz, clamerez | clameront | |
| conditional | clameroie, clamereie | clameroies, clamereies | clameroit, clamereit | clameriiens, clameriens | clameriiez, clameriez | clameroient, clamereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | claim | clains | claint | clamons | clamez | claiment |
| imperfect | clamasse | clamasses | clamast | clamissons, clamissiens | clamissoiz, clamissez, clamissiez | clamassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | claime | — | clamons | clamez | — | ||
Related terms
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin clāmō, clāmāre.
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