communier

French

Etymology

Borrowed (according to the TLFi) from Ecclesiastical Latin commūnicāre, present active infinitive of commūnicō. Doublet of communiquer, a more recent borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.nje/
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Verb

communier

(intransitive) To receive communion
(transitive) To administer communion
(transitive) To communicate

Conjugation

Conjugation of communier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		communier			avoir communié
gerund		en communiant			en ayant communié
present participle		communiant /kɔ.my.njɑ̃/
past participle		communié /kɔ.my.nje/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communies /kɔ.my.ni/	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communions /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/	communiez /kɔ.my.nje/	communient /kɔ.my.ni/
	imperfect	communiais /kɔ.my.njɛ/	communiais /kɔ.my.njɛ/	communiait /kɔ.my.njɛ/	communiions /kɔ.my.ni.jɔ̃/	communiiez /kɔ.my.ni.je/	communiaient /kɔ.my.njɛ/
	past historic¹	communiai /kɔ.my.nje/	communias /kɔ.my.nja/	communia /kɔ.my.nja/	communiâmes /kɔ.my.njam/	communiâtes /kɔ.my.njat/	communièrent /kɔ.my.njɛʁ/
	future	communierai /kɔ.my.ni.ʁe/	communieras /kɔ.my.ni.ʁa/	communiera /kɔ.my.ni.ʁa/	communierons /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɔ̃/	communierez /kɔ.my.ni.ʁe/	communieront /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	communierais /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/	communierais /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/	communierait /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/	communierions /kɔ.my.ni.ʁjɔ̃/	communieriez /kɔ.my.ni.ʁje/	communieraient /kɔ.my.ni.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communies /kɔ.my.ni/	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	communiions /kɔ.my.ni.jɔ̃/	communiiez /kɔ.my.ni.je/	communient /kɔ.my.ni/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	communiasse /kɔ.my.njas/	communiasses /kɔ.my.njas/	communiât /kɔ.my.nja/	communiassions /kɔ.my.nja.sjɔ̃/	communiassiez /kɔ.my.nja.sje/	communiassent /kɔ.my.njas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	communie /kɔ.my.ni/	—	communions /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/	communiez /kɔ.my.nje/	—
¹literary tenses