zonzonner
French
Etymology
From zonzon (“buzzing”) + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/
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Verb
zonzonner
- (rare) to buzz
- Synonym: bourdonner
Conjugation
Conjugation of zonzonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | zonzonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | zonzonnant /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | zonzonné /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
zonzonnes /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
zonzonnons /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
zonzonnez /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/ |
zonzonnent /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
| imperfect | zonzonnais /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/ |
zonzonnais /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/ |
zonzonnait /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/ |
zonzonnions /zɔ̃.zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
zonzonniez /zɔ̃.zɔ.nje/ |
zonzonnaient /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zonzonnai /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/ |
zonzonnas /zɔ̃.zɔ.na/ |
zonzonna /zɔ̃.zɔ.na/ |
zonzonnâmes /zɔ̃.zɔ.nam/ |
zonzonnâtes /zɔ̃.zɔ.nat/ |
zonzonnèrent /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | zonzonnerai /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁe/ |
zonzonneras /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁa/ |
zonzonnera /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁa/ |
zonzonnerons /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
zonzonnerez /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁe/ |
zonzonneront /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zonzonnerais /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
zonzonnerais /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
zonzonnerait /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
zonzonnerions /zɔ̃.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zonzonneriez /zɔ̃.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
zonzonneraient /zɔ̃.zɔn.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 | zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
zonzonnes /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
zonzonnions /zɔ̃.zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
zonzonniez /zɔ̃.zɔ.nje/ |
zonzonnent /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | zonzonnasse /zɔ̃.zɔ.nas/ |
zonzonnasses /zɔ̃.zɔ.nas/ |
zonzonnât /zɔ̃.zɔ.na/ |
zonzonnassions /zɔ̃.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
zonzonnassiez /zɔ̃.zɔ.na.sje/ |
zonzonnassent /zɔ̃.zɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/ |
— | zonzonnons /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
zonzonnez /zɔ̃.zɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- “zonzonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.