soutenir in French dictionary

  • soutenir

    Meanings and definitions of "soutenir"

    • Donner son appui ou son approbation.
    • Aider quelque chose à survivre.
    • Assurer, affirmer qu'une chose est vraie.
    • maintenir (son opinion)
    • Aider, notamment financièrement.

    Synonyms of "soutenir" in French dictionary

    transporter, engager, tonifier are the top synonyms of "soutenir" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of soutenir

    • (Verb) This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir are conjugated this way.    Conjugation of soutenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive soutenir avoir soutenu
      gerund en soutenant en ayant soutenu
      present participle soutenant
      past participle soutenu
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present soutiens soutiens soutient soutenons soutenez soutiennent
      imperfect soutenais soutenais soutenait soutenions souteniez soutenaient
      past historic1 soutins soutins soutint soutînmes soutîntes soutinrent
      future soutiendrai soutiendras soutiendra soutiendrons soutiendrez soutiendront
      conditional soutiendrais soutiendrais soutiendrait soutiendrions soutiendriez soutiendraient
      compoundtenses 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
      simpletenses present soutienne soutiennes soutienne soutenions souteniez soutiennent
      imperfect1 soutinsse soutinsses soutînt soutinssions soutinssiez soutinssent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — soutiens — soutenons soutenez —
      1literary tenses
    • This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, are conjugated this way. Conjugation of soutenir
      simple compound
      infinitive soutenir avoir soutenu
      gerund en soutenant en ayant soutenu
      present participle soutenant
      /sut.nɑ̃/
      past participle soutenu
      /sut.ny/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present soutiens
      /su.tjɛ̃/       		soutiens
      /su.tjɛ̃/       		soutient
      /su.tjɛ̃/       		soutenons
      /sut.nɔ̃/       		soutenez
      /sut.ne/       		soutiennent
      /su.sjɛn/
      imperfect soutenais
      /sut.nɛ/       		soutenais
      /sut.nɛ/       		soutenait
      /sut.nɛ/       		soutenions
      /su.tə.njɔ̃/       		souteniez
      /su.tə.nje/       		soutenaient
      /sut.nɛ/
      past historic1 soutins
      /su.tɛ̃/       		soutins
      /su.tɛ̃/       		soutint
      /su.tɛ̃/       		soutînmes
      /su.tɛ̃m/       		soutîntes
      /su.tɛ̃t/       		soutinrent
      /su.tɛ̃ʁ/
      future soutiendrai
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁe/       		soutiendras
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁa/       		soutiendra
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁa/       		soutiendrons
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/       		soutiendrez
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁe/       		soutiendront
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
      conditional soutiendrais
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/       		soutiendrais
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/       		soutiendrait
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/       		soutiendrions
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/       		soutiendriez
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁi.je/       		soutiendraient
      /su.sjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
      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 soutienne
      /su.sjɛn/       		soutiennes
      /su.sjɛn/       		soutienne
      /su.sjɛn/       		soutenions
      /su.tə.njɔ̃/       		souteniez
      /su.tə.nje/       		soutiennent
      /su.sjɛn/
      imperfect1 soutinsse
      /su.tɛ̃s/       		soutinsses
      /su.tɛ̃s/       		soutînt
      /su.tɛ̃/       		soutinssions
      /su.tɛ̃.sjɔ̃/       		soutinssiez
      /su.tɛ̃.sje/       		soutinssent
      /su.tɛ̃s/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — soutiens
      /su.tjɛ̃/       		— soutenons
      /sut.nɔ̃/       		soutenez
      /sut.ne/       		—
      1literary tenses
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