étrenner

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French

Etymology

From étrenne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.tʁɛ.ne/ ~ /e.tʁe.ne/
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Verb

étrenner

  1. to use/wear for the first time
  2. (for wearing clothes) to break in
  3. to be the guinea pig

Conjugation

Conjugation of étrenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple étrenner
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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