jongler
French
Etymology
From an alteration of Old French jogler, from Latin ioculārī, and influenced by Old French jangler (“to entertain”), itself from Frankish *jangalon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/
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- (Louisiana) IPA(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/, /ʒɑ̃.ɡle/
- Rhymes: -ɡle, -e
- Homophones: jonglé, jonglée, jonglées, jonglés
Verb
jongler
- to juggle
- (dated) to entertain
- (Louisiana, transitive) to think about, to worry about
- (Louisiana, transitive, with à, après, pour, sur) to think of, to think about
- (Louisiana, intransitive) to think, to meditate, to reflect, to ponder, to worry
- (Louisiana) to daydream, to dream
Conjugation
Conjugation of jongler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | jongler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | jonglant /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | jonglé /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | jongle /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
jongles /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
jongle /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
jonglons /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɔ̃/ |
jonglez /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ |
jonglent /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
| imperfect | jonglais /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ |
jonglais /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ |
jonglait /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ |
jonglions /ʒɔ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ |
jongliez /ʒɔ̃.ɡli.je/ |
jonglaient /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | jonglai /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ |
jonglas /ʒɔ̃.ɡla/ |
jongla /ʒɔ̃.ɡla/ |
jonglâmes /ʒɔ̃.ɡlam/ |
jonglâtes /ʒɔ̃.ɡlat/ |
jonglèrent /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛʁ/ | |
| future | jonglerai /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/ |
jongleras /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/ |
jonglera /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/ |
jonglerons /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ |
jonglerez /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/ |
jongleront /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | jonglerais /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
jonglerais /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
jonglerait /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ |
jonglerions /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
jongleriez /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁje/ |
jongleraient /ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.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 | jongle /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
jongles /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
jongle /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
jonglions /ʒɔ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ |
jongliez /ʒɔ̃.ɡli.je/ |
jonglent /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
| imperfect2 | jonglasse /ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/ |
jonglasses /ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/ |
jonglât /ʒɔ̃.ɡla/ |
jonglassions /ʒɔ̃.ɡla.sjɔ̃/ |
jonglassiez /ʒɔ̃.ɡla.sje/ |
jonglassent /ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | jongle /ʒɔ̃ɡl/ |
— | jonglons /ʒɔ̃.ɡlɔ̃/ |
jonglez /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole: jonglé
Further reading
- “jongler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French jongleur.
Noun
jongler m (plural jongleri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | jongler | jonglerul | jongleri | jonglerii | |
| genitive-dative | jongler | jonglerului | jongleri | jonglerilor | |
| vocative | jonglerule | jonglerilor | |||