faonner

French

Etymology

From faon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ne/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: faner

Verb

faonner

  1. (intransitive) to fawn; to give birth to a fawn, or young deer

Inflection

Conjugation of faonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple faonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple faonnant
/fa.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle faonné
/fa.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present faonne
/fan/ 		faonnes
/fan/ 		faonne
/fan/ 		faonnons
/fa.nɔ̃/ 		faonnez
/fa.ne/ 		faonnent
/fan/
imperfect faonnais
/fa.nɛ/ 		faonnais
/fa.nɛ/ 		faonnait
/fa.nɛ/ 		faonnions
/fa.njɔ̃/ 		faonniez
/fa.nje/ 		faonnaient
/fa.nɛ/
past historic2 faonnai
/fa.ne/ 		faonnas
/fa.na/ 		faonna
/fa.na/ 		faonnâmes
/fa.nam/ 		faonnâtes
/fa.nat/ 		faonnèrent
/fa.nɛʁ/
future faonnerai
/fan.ʁe/ 		faonneras
/fan.ʁa/ 		faonnera
/fan.ʁa/ 		faonnerons
/fan.ʁɔ̃/ 		faonnerez
/fan.ʁe/ 		faonneront
/fan.ʁɔ̃/
conditional faonnerais
/fan.ʁɛ/ 		faonnerais
/fan.ʁɛ/ 		faonnerait
/fan.ʁɛ/ 		faonnerions
/fa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		faonneriez
/fa.nə.ʁje/ 		faonneraient
/fan.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 faonne
/fan/ 		faonnes
/fan/ 		faonne
/fan/ 		faonnions
/fa.njɔ̃/ 		faonniez
/fa.nje/ 		faonnent
/fan/
imperfect2 faonnasse
/fa.nas/ 		faonnasses
/fa.nas/ 		faonnât
/fa.na/ 		faonnassions
/fa.na.sjɔ̃/ 		faonnassiez
/fa.na.sje/ 		faonnassent
/fa.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — faonne
/fan/ 		— faonnons
/fa.nɔ̃/ 		faonnez
/fa.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).

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