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From caution +‎ -er.

cautionner

  1. (law) to post bail
  2. to support, condone, underwrite, endorse
infinitive simple cautionner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cautionnant
/ko.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cautionné
/ko.sjɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cautionne
/ko.sjɔn/ 		cautionnes
/ko.sjɔn/ 		cautionne
/ko.sjɔn/ 		cautionnons
/ko.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ 		cautionnez
/ko.sjɔ.ne/ 		cautionnent
/ko.sjɔn/
imperfect cautionnais
/ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		cautionnais
/ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		cautionnait
/ko.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		cautionnions
/ko.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ 		cautionniez
/ko.sjɔ.nje/ 		cautionnaient
/ko.sjɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 cautionnai
/ko.sjɔ.ne/ 		cautionnas
/ko.sjɔ.na/ 		cautionna
/ko.sjɔ.na/ 		cautionnâmes
/ko.sjɔ.nam/ 		cautionnâtes
/ko.sjɔ.nat/ 		cautionnèrent
/ko.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
future cautionnerai
/ko.sjɔn.ʁe/ 		cautionneras
/ko.sjɔn.ʁa/ 		cautionnera
/ko.sjɔn.ʁa/ 		cautionnerons
/ko.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		cautionnerez
/ko.sjɔn.ʁe/ 		cautionneront
/ko.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cautionnerais
/ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		cautionnerais
/ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		cautionnerait
/ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		cautionnerions
/ko.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cautionneriez
/ko.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		cautionneraient
/ko.sjɔn.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cautionne
/ko.sjɔn/ 		cautionnes
/ko.sjɔn/ 		cautionne
/ko.sjɔn/ 		cautionnions
/ko.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ 		cautionniez
/ko.sjɔ.nje/ 		cautionnent
/ko.sjɔn/
imperfect2 cautionnasse
/ko.sjɔ.nas/ 		cautionnasses
/ko.sjɔ.nas/ 		cautionnât
/ko.sjɔ.na/ 		cautionnassions
/ko.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		cautionnassiez
/ko.sjɔ.na.sje/ 		cautionnassent
/ko.sjɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cautionne
/ko.sjɔn/ 		— cautionnons
/ko.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ 		cautionnez
/ko.sjɔ.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).