ronronner
French
Etymology
ronron + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/
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Verb
ronronner
- to purr
Conjugation
Conjugation of ronronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ronronner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ronronnant /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ronronné /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ | ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ | ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
imperfect | ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ | ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ | ronronnait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ | ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ | ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ | ronronnaient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ronronnai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ | ronronnas /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ | ronronna /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ | ronronnâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nam/ | ronronnâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nat/ | ronronnèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | ronronnerai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ | ronronneras /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ | ronronnera /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ | ronronnerons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | ronronnerez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ | ronronneront /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ | ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ | ronronnerait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ | ronronnerions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ronronneriez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ | ronronneraient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.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 | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ | ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ | ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
imperfect2 | ronronnasse /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ | ronronnasses /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ | ronronnât /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ | ronronnassions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | ronronnassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sje/ | ronronnassent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ | — | ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ | ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.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
- ronronnement
Further reading
- “ronronner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.