impressionner

French

Etymology

From impression +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/
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Verb

impressionner

  1. (transitive) to impress, to wow, to awe
    Synonyms: en boucher un coin, épater, époustoufler

Conjugation

Conjugation of impressionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple impressionner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple impressionnant
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle impressionné
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present impressionne
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		impressionnes
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		impressionne
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		impressionnons
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ 		impressionnez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.ne/ 		impressionnent
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/
imperfect impressionnais
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		impressionnais
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		impressionnait
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/ 		impressionnions
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ 		impressionniez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nje/ 		impressionnaient
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 impressionnai
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.ne/ 		impressionnas
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na/ 		impressionna
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na/ 		impressionnâmes
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nam/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nam/ 		impressionnâtes
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nat/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nat/ 		impressionnèrent
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
future impressionnerai
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁe/ 		impressionneras
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁa/ 		impressionnera
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁa/ 		impressionnerons
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		impressionnerez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁe/ 		impressionneront
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional impressionnerais
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		impressionnerais
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		impressionnerait
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ 		impressionnerions
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		impressionneriez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		impressionneraient
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.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 impressionne
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		impressionnes
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		impressionne
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		impressionnions
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ 		impressionniez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nje/ 		impressionnent
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/
imperfect2 impressionnasse
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nas/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nas/ 		impressionnasses
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nas/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nas/ 		impressionnât
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na/ 		impressionnassions
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		impressionnassiez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na.sje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na.sje/ 		impressionnassent
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nas/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — impressionne
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/ 		— impressionnons
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ 		impressionnez
/ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.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).

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