zoner
See also: zôner
English
Etymology
zone + -er
Noun
zoner (plural zoners)
- Someone who zones things.
Anagrams
- Ozren
Danish
Noun
zoner c
- indefinite plural of zone
French
Etymology
zone + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo.ne/
Audio (file) - Homophones: zonai, zoné, zonée, zonées, zonés, zonez
Verb
zoner
- (colloquial, intransitive) to wander around, wander about
- On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais. ― We found the runaway, she was wandering on the docks.
- Synonym: errer
- (slang, intransitive) to sleep
- Pendant l'hiver, on zonait chez des potes. ― During the winter, we crash at friends' places.
- Synonyms: pieuter, pioncer
- (slang, reflexive) to go to sleep, hit the hay
- Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot. ― He went to hit the hay without saying a word.
- Synonyms: se pieuter, se pioncer
Conjugation
Conjugation of zoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | zoner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | zonant /zo.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | zoné /zo.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | zone /zon/ | zones /zon/ | zone /zon/ | zonons /zo.nɔ̃/ | zonez /zo.ne/ | zonent /zon/ |
| imperfect | zonais /zo.nɛ/ | zonais /zo.nɛ/ | zonait /zo.nɛ/ | zonions /zo.njɔ̃/ | zoniez /zo.nje/ | zonaient /zo.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zonai /zo.ne/ | zonas /zo.na/ | zona /zo.na/ | zonâmes /zo.nam/ | zonâtes /zo.nat/ | zonèrent /zo.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | zonerai /zon.ʁe/ | zoneras /zon.ʁa/ | zonera /zon.ʁa/ | zonerons /zon.ʁɔ̃/ | zonerez /zon.ʁe/ | zoneront /zon.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zonerais /zon.ʁɛ/ | zonerais /zon.ʁɛ/ | zonerait /zon.ʁɛ/ | zonerions /zo.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | zoneriez /zo.nə.ʁje/ | zoneraient /zon.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 | zone /zon/ | zones /zon/ | zone /zon/ | zonions /zo.njɔ̃/ | zoniez /zo.nje/ | zonent /zon/ |
| imperfect2 | zonasse /zo.nas/ | zonasses /zo.nas/ | zonât /zo.na/ | zonassions /zo.na.sjɔ̃/ | zonassiez /zo.na.sje/ | zonassent /zo.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zone /zon/ | — | zonons /zo.nɔ̃/ | zonez /zo.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
- “zoner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
zoner
- indefinite plural of zon.