patronner
French
Etymology
patron + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.tʁɔ.ne/
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Verb
patronner
- (transitive) to sponsor
Conjugation
Conjugation of patronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | patronner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | patronnant /pa.tʁɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | patronné /pa.tʁɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | patronne /pa.tʁɔn/ | patronnes /pa.tʁɔn/ | patronne /pa.tʁɔn/ | patronnons /pa.tʁɔ.nɔ̃/ | patronnez /pa.tʁɔ.ne/ | patronnent /pa.tʁɔn/ |
imperfect | patronnais /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/ | patronnais /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/ | patronnait /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/ | patronnions /pa.tʁɔ.njɔ̃/ | patronniez /pa.tʁɔ.nje/ | patronnaient /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | patronnai /pa.tʁɔ.ne/ | patronnas /pa.tʁɔ.na/ | patronna /pa.tʁɔ.na/ | patronnâmes /pa.tʁɔ.nam/ | patronnâtes /pa.tʁɔ.nat/ | patronnèrent /pa.tʁɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | patronnerai /pa.tʁɔn.ʁe/ | patronneras /pa.tʁɔn.ʁa/ | patronnera /pa.tʁɔn.ʁa/ | patronnerons /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | patronnerez /pa.tʁɔn.ʁe/ | patronneront /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | patronnerais /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɛ/ | patronnerais /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɛ/ | patronnerait /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɛ/ | patronnerions /pa.tʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | patronneriez /pa.tʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ | patronneraient /pa.tʁɔn.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 | patronne /pa.tʁɔn/ | patronnes /pa.tʁɔn/ | patronne /pa.tʁɔn/ | patronnions /pa.tʁɔ.njɔ̃/ | patronniez /pa.tʁɔ.nje/ | patronnent /pa.tʁɔn/ |
imperfect2 | patronnasse /pa.tʁɔ.nas/ | patronnasses /pa.tʁɔ.nas/ | patronnât /pa.tʁɔ.na/ | patronnassions /pa.tʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | patronnassiez /pa.tʁɔ.na.sje/ | patronnassent /pa.tʁɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | patronne /pa.tʁɔn/ | — | patronnons /pa.tʁɔ.nɔ̃/ | patronnez /pa.tʁɔ.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
- “patronner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.