charbonner
French
Etymology
charbon (“coal”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/
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Verb
charbonner
- (transitive) to turn into coal
- Synonym: carbonifier
- (intransitive) to produce coal
- Le feu charbonnait en répandant une fumée grise.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive) to become coal
- (informal) to work, to deal
- Synonyms: taffer, travailler
- 2015, “Marabout”, performed by Lacrim:
- On a charbonné comme jamais / Dans le trafic ou pas on a taffé
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2020 March 27, Lazamah (lyrics and music), “Pimp”, in Pimp:
- Je charbonne grave / Tu mе verras plus dans la tess
- I toil hard / You won’t see me on ends
Conjugation
Conjugation of charbonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | charbonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | charbonnant /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | charbonné /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | charbonnes /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | charbonnons /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɔ̃/ | charbonnez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/ | charbonnent /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ |
| imperfect | charbonnais /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/ | charbonnais /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/ | charbonnait /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/ | charbonnions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.njɔ̃/ | charbonniez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje/ | charbonnaient /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | charbonnai /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/ | charbonnas /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/ | charbonna /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/ | charbonnâmes /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nam/ | charbonnâtes /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nat/ | charbonnèrent /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | charbonnerai /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁe/ | charbonneras /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁa/ | charbonnera /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁa/ | charbonnerons /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | charbonnerez /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁe/ | charbonneront /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | charbonnerais /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | charbonnerais /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | charbonnerait /ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/ | charbonnerions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | charbonneriez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nə.ʁje/ | charbonneraient /ʃaʁ.bɔn.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 | charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | charbonnes /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | charbonnions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.njɔ̃/ | charbonniez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje/ | charbonnent /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | charbonnasse /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/ | charbonnasses /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/ | charbonnât /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/ | charbonnassions /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | charbonnassiez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.na.sje/ | charbonnassent /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | charbonne /ʃaʁ.bɔn/ | — | charbonnons /ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɔ̃/ | charbonnez /ʃaʁ.bɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- charbon
- charbonneur
Further reading
- “charbonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.