soutenir

Inherited from Middle French soubtenir, from Old French sustenir, soustenir, from Vulgar Latin *sustenīre, from Latin sustinēre.

• IPA^(key): /sut.niʁ/, /su.tə.niʁ/

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soutenir

1. (transitive) to support
2. (transitive) to keep up
3. to maintain (that)
4. to argue

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -tenir, such as contenir and détenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose the past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start in one of these thematic vowels (-a-, -i-, -u-).

• souteneur
• soutenu
• soutien

• “soutenir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• sourient, tuerions

From Old French sustenir, from Latin sustineo.

soutenir

1. to support

    Conjugation of the verb « soutenir » in Norman

infinitive			soutenir
gerund			soutenant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		soutint		soutinte
		plural		soutints		soutintes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	soutiens	soutiens	soutient	soutenoms	soutenez	soutiennent
	imperfect	souteneis	souteneis	souteneit	soutenioms	souteniez	souteneient
	preterite	soutins	soutins	soutint	soutînmes	soutîntes	soutîntrent
	future	soutiendrai	soutiendras	soutiendra	soutiendroms	soutiendrez	soutiendront
	conditional	soutiendreis	soutiendreis	soutiendreit	soutiendrioms	soutiendriez	soutiendreient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	soutienne	soutiennes	soutienne	soutenioms	souteniez	soutiennent
	imperfect	soutinsse	soutinsses	soutînt soutinsse	soutinssioms	soutinssiez	soutinssent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			soutiens		soutenoms	soutenez
1Used with past participles.

• soutien