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Webster 1913 Edition
Lamenter
La-ment′er
,Noun.
One who laments.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lamenter
LAMENT'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
lamenter
lamenter
French
Etymology
Latin lamentō (“to weep, to cry”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamɑ̃te/
Verb
lamenter
Conjugation
Conjugation of se lamenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | se lamenter | s'être lamenté | |||||
| gerund | en se lamentant | en s'étant lamenté | |||||
| present participle | se lamentant /sə‿.la.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lamenté /la.mɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| 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/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | lamente-toi /la.mɑ̃t.‿twa/ |
— | lamentons-nous /la.mɑ̃.tɔ̃.‿nu/ |
lamentez-vous /la.mɑ̃.te.‿vu/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||