jongler
French
Etymology
From an alteration of Old French jogler, from Latin ioculor, and influenced by Old French jangler (“to entertain”), itself from Frankish *jangalon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/
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Verb
jongler
- to juggle
- (dated) to entertain
- (Louisiana) to think, to ponder
- (Louisiana) to daydream
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
- jongleur
- jonglage
- jonglerie
Further reading
- “jongler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French jongleur.
Noun
jongler m (plural jongleri)
- juggler
Declension
Declension of jongler
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) jongler | jonglerul | (niște) jongleri | jonglerii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) jongler | jonglerului | (unor) jongleri | jonglerilor |
| vocative | jonglerule | jonglerilor | ||