zoner
See also: zôner
English
Etymology
Noun
zoner (plural zoners)
- Someone who zones things.
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
zoner c
- indefinite plural of zone
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
zoner
- (colloquial, intransitive) to wander around, wander about
- Synonym: errer
- On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais. ― We found the runaway, she was wandering on the docks.
- (slang, intransitive) to sleep
- (slang, reflexive) to go to sleep, hit the hay
- Synonyms: se pieuter, se pioncer
- Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot. ― He went to hit the hay without saying a word.
Conjugation
Conjugation of zoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | zoner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | zonant /zo.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | zoné /zo.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | zone /zon/ |
zones /zon/ |
zone /zon/ |
zonons /zo.nɔ̃/ |
zonez /zo.ne/ |
zonent /zon/ |
| imperfect | zonais /zo.nɛ/ |
zonais /zo.nɛ/ |
zonait /zo.nɛ/ |
zonions /zo.njɔ̃/ |
zoniez /zo.nje/ |
zonaient /zo.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zonai /zo.ne/ |
zonas /zo.na/ |
zona /zo.na/ |
zonâmes /zo.nam/ |
zonâtes /zo.nat/ |
zonèrent /zo.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | zonerai /zon.ʁe/ |
zoneras /zon.ʁa/ |
zonera /zon.ʁa/ |
zonerons /zon.ʁɔ̃/ |
zonerez /zon.ʁe/ |
zoneront /zon.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zonerais /zon.ʁɛ/ |
zonerais /zon.ʁɛ/ |
zonerait /zon.ʁɛ/ |
zonerions /zo.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zoneriez /zo.nə.ʁje/ |
zoneraient /zon.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 | zone /zon/ |
zones /zon/ |
zone /zon/ |
zonions /zo.njɔ̃/ |
zoniez /zo.nje/ |
zonent /zon/ |
| imperfect2 | zonasse /zo.nas/ |
zonasses /zo.nas/ |
zonât /zo.na/ |
zonassions /zo.na.sjɔ̃/ |
zonassiez /zo.na.sje/ |
zonassent /zo.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zone /zon/ |
— | zonons /zo.nɔ̃/ |
zonez /zo.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “zoner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
zoner
- indefinite plural of zon