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censurer

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Etymology

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From censure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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censurer (plural censurers)

  1. One who censures.
    Synonyms: censor, scolder, vituperator
    • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
      […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]

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French

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Etymology

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From censure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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censurer

  1. to formally rebuke; to censure
  2. to censor

Usage notes

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  • The "rebuke" meaning usually refers to organization with a specific process for separating themselves from their members' speech, such as religious organizations, political parties and legislatures.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of censurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple censurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple censurant
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle censuré
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		censures
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		censurons
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɔ̃/ 		censurez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/ 		censurent
/sɑ̃.syʁ/
imperfect censurais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/ 		censurais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/ 		censurait
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/ 		censurions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		censuriez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁje/ 		censuraient
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 censurai
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/ 		censuras
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa/ 		censura
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa/ 		censurâmes
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁam/ 		censurâtes
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁat/ 		censurèrent
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɛʁ/
future censurerai
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		censureras
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		censurera
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		censurerons
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		censurerez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		censureront
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional censurerais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		censurerais
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		censurerait
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		censurerions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		censureriez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.ʁje/ 		censureraient
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁə.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 censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		censures
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		censurions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		censuriez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁje/ 		censurent
/sɑ̃.syʁ/
imperfect2 censurasse
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁas/ 		censurasses
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁas/ 		censurât
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa/ 		censurassions
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		censurassiez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁa.sje/ 		censurassent
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — censure
/sɑ̃.syʁ/ 		— censurons
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁɔ̃/ 		censurez
/sɑ̃.sy.ʁe/ 		—
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).

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