borner

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French

Etymology

From borne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔʁ.ne/
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Verb

borner

  1. to limit, confine
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act I, scene I:
      Tes grands Destins / ne le borneront pas chez les peuples Latins
      Your great destiny / Shall not confine it to the Latin peoples
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to confine oneself (à faire to doing something)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to content oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of borner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple borner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bornant
/bɔʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle borné
/bɔʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present borne
/bɔʁn/ 		bornes
/bɔʁn/ 		borne
/bɔʁn/ 		bornons
/bɔʁ.nɔ̃/ 		bornez
/bɔʁ.ne/ 		bornent
/bɔʁn/
imperfect bornais
/bɔʁ.nɛ/ 		bornais
/bɔʁ.nɛ/ 		bornait
/bɔʁ.nɛ/ 		bornions
/bɔʁ.njɔ̃/ 		borniez
/bɔʁ.nje/ 		bornaient
/bɔʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 bornai
/bɔʁ.ne/ 		bornas
/bɔʁ.na/ 		borna
/bɔʁ.na/ 		bornâmes
/bɔʁ.nam/ 		bornâtes
/bɔʁ.nat/ 		bornèrent
/bɔʁ.nɛʁ/
future bornerai
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		borneras
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		bornera
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		bornerons
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		bornerez
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		borneront
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bornerais
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		bornerais
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		bornerait
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		bornerions
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		borneriez
/bɔʁ.nə.ʁje/ 		borneraient
/bɔʁ.nə.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 borne
/bɔʁn/ 		bornes
/bɔʁn/ 		borne
/bɔʁn/ 		bornions
/bɔʁ.njɔ̃/ 		borniez
/bɔʁ.nje/ 		bornent
/bɔʁn/
imperfect2 bornasse
/bɔʁ.nas/ 		bornasses
/bɔʁ.nas/ 		bornât
/bɔʁ.na/ 		bornassions
/bɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		bornassiez
/bɔʁ.na.sje/ 		bornassent
/bɔʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — borne
/bɔʁn/ 		— bornons
/bɔʁ.nɔ̃/ 		bornez
/bɔʁ.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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