jeûner

See also: jeuner and jeüner

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French jeüner, from Latin iēiūnāre, from Latin iēiūnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒø.ne/
  • Audio:(file)
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): /ʒœ̃.ne/

Verb

jeûner

  1. (intransitive) to fast; to go without food

Conjugation

Conjugation of jeûner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple jeûner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple jeûnant
/ʒø.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle jeûné
/ʒø.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present jeûne
/ʒøn/ 		jeûnes
/ʒøn/ 		jeûne
/ʒøn/ 		jeûnons
/ʒø.nɔ̃/ 		jeûnez
/ʒø.ne/ 		jeûnent
/ʒøn/
imperfect jeûnais
/ʒø.nɛ/ 		jeûnais
/ʒø.nɛ/ 		jeûnait
/ʒø.nɛ/ 		jeûnions
/ʒø.njɔ̃/ 		jeûniez
/ʒø.nje/ 		jeûnaient
/ʒø.nɛ/
past historic2 jeûnai
/ʒø.ne/ 		jeûnas
/ʒø.na/ 		jeûna
/ʒø.na/ 		jeûnâmes
/ʒø.nam/ 		jeûnâtes
/ʒø.nat/ 		jeûnèrent
/ʒø.nɛʁ/
future jeûnerai
/ʒøn.ʁe/ 		jeûneras
/ʒøn.ʁa/ 		jeûnera
/ʒøn.ʁa/ 		jeûnerons
/ʒøn.ʁɔ̃/ 		jeûnerez
/ʒøn.ʁe/ 		jeûneront
/ʒøn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jeûnerais
/ʒøn.ʁɛ/ 		jeûnerais
/ʒøn.ʁɛ/ 		jeûnerait
/ʒøn.ʁɛ/ 		jeûnerions
/ʒø.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		jeûneriez
/ʒø.nə.ʁje/ 		jeûneraient
/ʒøn.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 jeûne
/ʒøn/ 		jeûnes
/ʒøn/ 		jeûne
/ʒøn/ 		jeûnions
/ʒø.njɔ̃/ 		jeûniez
/ʒø.nje/ 		jeûnent
/ʒøn/
imperfect2 jeûnasse
/ʒø.nas/ 		jeûnasses
/ʒø.nas/ 		jeûnât
/ʒø.na/ 		jeûnassions
/ʒø.na.sjɔ̃/ 		jeûnassiez
/ʒø.na.sje/ 		jeûnassent
/ʒø.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — jeûne
/ʒøn/ 		— jeûnons
/ʒø.nɔ̃/ 		jeûnez
/ʒø.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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