See commencer on Wiktionary
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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]
},
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "commence",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "commence",
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "commençons",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "commencez",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "commencent",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "commençasse",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"imperfect",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "commençasses",
"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"singular",
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"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperfect",
"plural",
"second-person",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "commençons",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "commencez",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
"source": "conjugation",
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"multiword-construction",
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"singular"
]
},
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},
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"multiword-construction",
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],
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]
}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for commencer meaning in All languages combined (25.1kB)
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