faonner

French

Etymology

From faon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fa.ne/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: faner

Verb

faonner

  1. (intransitive) to fawn; to give birth to a fawn, or young deer

Inflection
Conjugation of faonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple faonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple faonnant
/fa.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle faonné
/fa.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present faonne
/fan/		 faonnes
/fan/		 faonne
/fan/		 faonnons
/fa.nɔ̃/		 faonnez
/fa.ne/		 faonnent
/fan/
imperfect faonnais
/fa.nɛ/		 faonnais
/fa.nɛ/		 faonnait
/fa.nɛ/		 faonnions
/fa.njɔ̃/		 faonniez
/fa.nje/		 faonnaient
/fa.nɛ/
past historic2 faonnai
/fa.ne/		 faonnas
/fa.na/		 faonna
/fa.na/		 faonnâmes
/fa.nam/		 faonnâtes
/fa.nat/		 faonnèrent
/fa.nɛʁ/
future faonnerai
/fan.ʁe/		 faonneras
/fan.ʁa/		 faonnera
/fan.ʁa/		 faonnerons
/fan.ʁɔ̃/		 faonnerez
/fan.ʁe/		 faonneront
/fan.ʁɔ̃/
conditional faonnerais
/fan.ʁɛ/		 faonnerais
/fan.ʁɛ/		 faonnerait
/fan.ʁɛ/		 faonnerions
/fa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 faonneriez
/fa.nə.ʁje/		 faonneraient
/fan.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 faonne
/fan/		 faonnes
/fan/		 faonne
/fan/		 faonnions
/fa.njɔ̃/		 faonniez
/fa.nje/		 faonnent
/fan/
imperfect2 faonnasse
/fa.nas/		 faonnasses
/fa.nas/		 faonnât
/fa.na/		 faonnassions
/fa.na.sjɔ̃/		 faonnassiez
/fa.na.sje/		 faonnassent
/fa.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — faonne
/fan/		 — faonnons
/fa.nɔ̃/		 faonnez
/fa.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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