boutonner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French boutoner, botoner. By surface analysis, bouton (“button”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu.tɔ.ne/
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Verb
boutonner
- to button (to fasten with a button)
- Antonym: déboutonner (“to unbutton”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of boutonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | boutonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | boutonnant /bu.tɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | boutonné /bu.tɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | boutonne /bu.tɔn/ |
boutonnes /bu.tɔn/ |
boutonne /bu.tɔn/ |
boutonnons /bu.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
boutonnez /bu.tɔ.ne/ |
boutonnent /bu.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | boutonnais /bu.tɔ.nɛ/ |
boutonnais /bu.tɔ.nɛ/ |
boutonnait /bu.tɔ.nɛ/ |
boutonnions /bu.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
boutonniez /bu.tɔ.nje/ |
boutonnaient /bu.tɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | boutonnai /bu.tɔ.ne/ |
boutonnas /bu.tɔ.na/ |
boutonna /bu.tɔ.na/ |
boutonnâmes /bu.tɔ.nam/ |
boutonnâtes /bu.tɔ.nat/ |
boutonnèrent /bu.tɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | boutonnerai /bu.tɔn.ʁe/ |
boutonneras /bu.tɔn.ʁa/ |
boutonnera /bu.tɔn.ʁa/ |
boutonnerons /bu.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
boutonnerez /bu.tɔn.ʁe/ |
boutonneront /bu.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | boutonnerais /bu.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
boutonnerais /bu.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
boutonnerait /bu.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
boutonnerions /bu.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
boutonneriez /bu.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
boutonneraient /bu.tɔn.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 | boutonne /bu.tɔn/ |
boutonnes /bu.tɔn/ |
boutonne /bu.tɔn/ |
boutonnions /bu.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
boutonniez /bu.tɔ.nje/ |
boutonnent /bu.tɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | boutonnasse /bu.tɔ.nas/ |
boutonnasses /bu.tɔ.nas/ |
boutonnât /bu.tɔ.na/ |
boutonnassions /bu.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
boutonnassiez /bu.tɔ.na.sje/ |
boutonnassent /bu.tɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | boutonne /bu.tɔn/ |
— | boutonnons /bu.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
boutonnez /bu.tɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “boutonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.