caponner

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French

Etymology

From capon (“coward”), from chapon (“capon, castrated cockerel”), from Italian capo, cappone, cognate with Dutch kapoen, kapuin, Spanish capón.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.pɔ.ne/
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Verb

caponner

  1. (intransitive) to act cowardly, be yellow, chicken
  2. to cat (raise anchor to cathead)

Conjugation

Conjugation of caponner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple caponner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple caponnant
/ka.pɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle caponné
/ka.pɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present caponne
/ka.pɔn/ 		caponnes
/ka.pɔn/ 		caponne
/ka.pɔn/ 		caponnons
/ka.pɔ.nɔ̃/ 		caponnez
/ka.pɔ.ne/ 		caponnent
/ka.pɔn/
imperfect caponnais
/ka.pɔ.nɛ/ 		caponnais
/ka.pɔ.nɛ/ 		caponnait
/ka.pɔ.nɛ/ 		caponnions
/ka.pɔ.njɔ̃/ 		caponniez
/ka.pɔ.nje/ 		caponnaient
/ka.pɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 caponnai
/ka.pɔ.ne/ 		caponnas
/ka.pɔ.na/ 		caponna
/ka.pɔ.na/ 		caponnâmes
/ka.pɔ.nam/ 		caponnâtes
/ka.pɔ.nat/ 		caponnèrent
/ka.pɔ.nɛʁ/
future caponnerai
/ka.pɔn.ʁe/ 		caponneras
/ka.pɔn.ʁa/ 		caponnera
/ka.pɔn.ʁa/ 		caponnerons
/ka.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		caponnerez
/ka.pɔn.ʁe/ 		caponneront
/ka.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional caponnerais
/ka.pɔn.ʁɛ/ 		caponnerais
/ka.pɔn.ʁɛ/ 		caponnerait
/ka.pɔn.ʁɛ/ 		caponnerions
/ka.pɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		caponneriez
/ka.pɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		caponneraient
/ka.pɔn.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 caponne
/ka.pɔn/ 		caponnes
/ka.pɔn/ 		caponne
/ka.pɔn/ 		caponnions
/ka.pɔ.njɔ̃/ 		caponniez
/ka.pɔ.nje/ 		caponnent
/ka.pɔn/
imperfect2 caponnasse
/ka.pɔ.nas/ 		caponnasses
/ka.pɔ.nas/ 		caponnât
/ka.pɔ.na/ 		caponnassions
/ka.pɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		caponnassiez
/ka.pɔ.na.sje/ 		caponnassent
/ka.pɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — caponne
/ka.pɔn/ 		— caponnons
/ka.pɔ.nɔ̃/ 		caponnez
/ka.pɔ.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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