ronronner

French

Etymology

From ronron +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/
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Verb

ronronner

  1. to purr

Conjugation

Conjugation of ronronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ronronner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ronronnant
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ronronné
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ronronne
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		ronronnes
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		ronronne
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		ronronnons
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ 		ronronnez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ 		ronronnent
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/
imperfect ronronnais
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ 		ronronnais
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ 		ronronnait
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ 		ronronnions
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ 		ronronniez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ 		ronronnaient
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 ronronnai
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ 		ronronnas
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ 		ronronna
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ 		ronronnâmes
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nam/ 		ronronnâtes
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nat/ 		ronronnèrent
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/
future ronronnerai
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ 		ronronneras
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ 		ronronnera
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ 		ronronnerons
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		ronronnerez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ 		ronronneront
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ronronnerais
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ 		ronronnerais
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ 		ronronnerait
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ 		ronronnerions
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ronronneriez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		ronronneraient
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.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 ronronne
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		ronronnes
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		ronronne
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		ronronnions
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ 		ronronniez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ 		ronronnent
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/
imperfect2 ronronnasse
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ 		ronronnasses
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ 		ronronnât
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ 		ronronnassions
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		ronronnassiez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sje/ 		ronronnassent
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ronronne
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ 		— ronronnons
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ 		ronronnez
/ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.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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