complémenter

French

Etymology

From complément +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

complémenter

1. (transitive) to complement

Conjugation

Conjugation of complémenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	complémenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	complémentant /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		complémenté /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	complémente /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	complémentes /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	complémente /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	complémentons /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	complémentez /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.te/	complémentent /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect	complémentais /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛ/	complémentais /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛ/	complémentait /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛ/	complémentions /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	complémentiez /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tje/	complémentaient /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	complémentai /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.te/	complémentas /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.ta/	complémenta /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.ta/	complémentâmes /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tam/	complémentâtes /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tat/	complémentèrent /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	complémenterai /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁe/	complémenteras /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁa/	complémentera /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁa/	complémenterons /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	complémenterez /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁe/	complémenteront /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	complémenterais /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	complémenterais /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	complémenterait /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/	complémenterions /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	complémenteriez /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	complémenteraient /kɔ̃.ple.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	complémente /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	complémentes /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	complémente /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	complémentions /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	complémentiez /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tje/	complémentent /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	complémentasse /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tas/	complémentasses /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tas/	complémentât /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.ta/	complémentassions /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	complémentassiez /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.ta.sje/	complémentassent /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	complémente /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃t/	—	complémentons /kɔ̃.ple.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/	complémentez /kɔ̃.ple.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).

Further reading

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