étrenner
French
Etymology
From étrenne + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tʁɛ.ne/, /e.tʁe.ne/
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Verb
étrenner
- to use/wear for the first time
- (for wearing clothes) to break in
- to be the guinea pig
Conjugation
Conjugation of étrenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | étrenner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | étrennant /e.tʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | étrenné /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ | étrennes /e.tʁɛn/ | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ | étrennons /e.tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nɔ̃/ | étrennez /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.ne/ | étrennent /e.tʁɛn/ |
imperfect | étrennais /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/ | étrennais /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/ | étrennait /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/ | étrennions /e.tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.njɔ̃/ | étrenniez /e.tʁɛ.nje/ or /e.tʁe.nje/ | étrennaient /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | étrennai /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.ne/ | étrennas /e.tʁɛ.na/ or /e.tʁe.na/ | étrenna /e.tʁɛ.na/ or /e.tʁe.na/ | étrennâmes /e.tʁɛ.nam/ or /e.tʁe.nam/ | étrennâtes /e.tʁɛ.nat/ or /e.tʁe.nat/ | étrennèrent /e.tʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛʁ/ | |
future | étrennerai /e.tʁɛn.ʁe/ | étrenneras /e.tʁɛn.ʁa/ | étrennera /e.tʁɛn.ʁa/ | étrennerons /e.tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | étrennerez /e.tʁɛn.ʁe/ | étrenneront /e.tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | étrennerais /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ | étrennerais /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ | étrennerait /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ | étrennerions /e.tʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | étrenneriez /e.tʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /e.tʁe.nə.ʁje/ | étrenneraient /e.tʁɛn.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 | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ | étrennes /e.tʁɛn/ | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ | étrennions /e.tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.njɔ̃/ | étrenniez /e.tʁɛ.nje/ or /e.tʁe.nje/ | étrennent /e.tʁɛn/ |
imperfect2 | étrennasse /e.tʁɛ.nas/ or /e.tʁe.nas/ | étrennasses /e.tʁɛ.nas/ or /e.tʁe.nas/ | étrennât /e.tʁɛ.na/ or /e.tʁe.na/ | étrennassions /e.tʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.na.sjɔ̃/ | étrennassiez /e.tʁɛ.na.sje/ or /e.tʁe.na.sje/ | étrennassent /e.tʁɛ.nas/ or /e.tʁe.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ | — | étrennons /e.tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nɔ̃/ | étrennez /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.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
- “étrenner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.