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lamenter

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English

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Etymology

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From lament +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lamenter (plural lamenters)

  1. One who laments.

French

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Etymology

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From Latin lamentāre (“to weep, to cry”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /la.mɑ̃.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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lamenter

  1. (reflexive) to lament; to bewail; to bemoan

Conjugation

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Conjugation of se lamenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se lamenter
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se lamentant
/sə la.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle lamenté
/la.mɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me lamente
/mə la.mɑ̃t/ 		te lamentes
/tə la.mɑ̃t/ 		se lamente
/sə la.mɑ̃t/ 		nous lamentons
/nu la.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ 		vous lamentez
/vu la.mɑ̃.te/ 		se lamentent
/sə la.mɑ̃t/
imperfect me lamentais
/mə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		te lamentais
/tə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		se lamentait
/sə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/ 		nous lamentions
/nu la.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		vous lamentiez
/vu la.mɑ̃.tje/ 		se lamentaient
/sə la.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 me lamentai
/mə la.mɑ̃.te/ 		te lamentas
/tə la.mɑ̃.ta/ 		se lamenta
/sə la.mɑ̃.ta/ 		nous lamentâmes
/nu la.mɑ̃.tam/ 		vous lamentâtes
/vu la.mɑ̃.tat/ 		se lamentèrent
/sə la.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future me lamenterai
/mə la.mɑ̃.tʁe/ 		te lamenteras
/tə la.mɑ̃.tʁa/ 		se lamentera
/sə la.mɑ̃.tʁa/ 		nous lamenterons
/nu la.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		vous lamenterez
/vu la.mɑ̃.tʁe/ 		se lamenteront
/sə la.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional me lamenterais
/mə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		te lamenterais
/tə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		se lamenterait
/sə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ 		nous lamenterions
/nu la.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous lamenteriez
/vu la.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ 		se lamenteraient
/sə la.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present me lamente
/mə la.mɑ̃t/ 		te lamentes
/tə la.mɑ̃t/ 		se lamente
/sə la.mɑ̃t/ 		nous lamentions
/nu la.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ 		vous lamentiez
/vu la.mɑ̃.tje/ 		se lamentent
/sə la.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 me lamentasse
/mə la.mɑ̃.tas/ 		te lamentasses
/tə la.mɑ̃.tas/ 		se lamentât
/sə la.mɑ̃.ta/ 		nous lamentassions
/nu la.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		vous lamentassiez
/vu la.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ 		se lamentassent
/sə la.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lamente-toi
/la.mɑ̃t.twa/ 		— lamentons-nous
/la.mɑ̃.tɔ̃.nu/ 		lamentez-vous
/la.mɑ̃.te.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

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Latin

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Verb

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lāmenter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of lāmentor
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