bouchonner

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French

Etymology

From bouchon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ʃɔ.ne/
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Verb

bouchonner

  1. (transitive) to rub down
  2. (intransitive) for the traffic to come to a standstill, for there to be a traffic jam
    Ça bouchonne sur l’autoroute. ― There's a traffic jam on the motorway (UK) or freeway (US).

Conjugation

Conjugation of bouchonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bouchonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bouchonnant
/bu.ʃɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bouchonné
/bu.ʃɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bouchonne
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		bouchonnes
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		bouchonne
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		bouchonnons
/bu.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ 		bouchonnez
/bu.ʃɔ.ne/ 		bouchonnent
/bu.ʃɔn/
imperfect bouchonnais
/bu.ʃɔ.nɛ/ 		bouchonnais
/bu.ʃɔ.nɛ/ 		bouchonnait
/bu.ʃɔ.nɛ/ 		bouchonnions
/bu.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ 		bouchonniez
/bu.ʃɔ.nje/ 		bouchonnaient
/bu.ʃɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 bouchonnai
/bu.ʃɔ.ne/ 		bouchonnas
/bu.ʃɔ.na/ 		bouchonna
/bu.ʃɔ.na/ 		bouchonnâmes
/bu.ʃɔ.nam/ 		bouchonnâtes
/bu.ʃɔ.nat/ 		bouchonnèrent
/bu.ʃɔ.nɛʁ/
future bouchonnerai
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁe/ 		bouchonneras
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁa/ 		bouchonnera
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁa/ 		bouchonnerons
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		bouchonnerez
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁe/ 		bouchonneront
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bouchonnerais
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ 		bouchonnerais
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ 		bouchonnerait
/bu.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ 		bouchonnerions
/bu.ʃɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bouchonneriez
/bu.ʃɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		bouchonneraient
/bu.ʃɔn.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 bouchonne
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		bouchonnes
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		bouchonne
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		bouchonnions
/bu.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ 		bouchonniez
/bu.ʃɔ.nje/ 		bouchonnent
/bu.ʃɔn/
imperfect2 bouchonnasse
/bu.ʃɔ.nas/ 		bouchonnasses
/bu.ʃɔ.nas/ 		bouchonnât
/bu.ʃɔ.na/ 		bouchonnassions
/bu.ʃɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		bouchonnassiez
/bu.ʃɔ.na.sje/ 		bouchonnassent
/bu.ʃɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bouchonne
/bu.ʃɔn/ 		— bouchonnons
/bu.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ 		bouchonnez
/bu.ʃɔ.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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