fasciner

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fascināre. Displaced Old French fesnier, which was inherited.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fa.si.ne/

Verb

fasciner

  1. (transitive) to fascinate

Conjugation
Conjugation of fasciner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fasciner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fascinant
/fa.si.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fasciné
/fa.si.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fascine
/fa.sin/		 fascines
/fa.sin/		 fascine
/fa.sin/		 fascinons
/fa.si.nɔ̃/		 fascinez
/fa.si.ne/		 fascinent
/fa.sin/
imperfect fascinais
/fa.si.nɛ/		 fascinais
/fa.si.nɛ/		 fascinait
/fa.si.nɛ/		 fascinions
/fa.si.njɔ̃/		 fasciniez
/fa.si.nje/		 fascinaient
/fa.si.nɛ/
past historic2 fascinai
/fa.si.ne/		 fascinas
/fa.si.na/		 fascina
/fa.si.na/		 fascinâmes
/fa.si.nam/		 fascinâtes
/fa.si.nat/		 fascinèrent
/fa.si.nɛʁ/
future fascinerai
/fa.sin.ʁe/		 fascineras
/fa.sin.ʁa/		 fascinera
/fa.sin.ʁa/		 fascinerons
/fa.sin.ʁɔ̃/		 fascinerez
/fa.sin.ʁe/		 fascineront
/fa.sin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fascinerais
/fa.sin.ʁɛ/		 fascinerais
/fa.sin.ʁɛ/		 fascinerait
/fa.sin.ʁɛ/		 fascinerions
/fa.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fascineriez
/fa.si.nə.ʁje/		 fascineraient
/fa.sin.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 fascine
/fa.sin/		 fascines
/fa.sin/		 fascine
/fa.sin/		 fascinions
/fa.si.njɔ̃/		 fasciniez
/fa.si.nje/		 fascinent
/fa.sin/
imperfect2 fascinasse
/fa.si.nas/		 fascinasses
/fa.si.nas/		 fascinât
/fa.si.na/		 fascinassions
/fa.si.na.sjɔ̃/		 fascinassiez
/fa.si.na.sje/		 fascinassent
/fa.si.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fascine
/fa.sin/		 — fascinons
/fa.si.nɔ̃/		 fascinez
/fa.si.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).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

fasciner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fascinō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fasciner

  1. imperative of fascinere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fasciner

  1. imperative of fascinera
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