cartonner

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French

Etymology

From carton (“cardboard”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁ.tɔ.ne/
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Verb

cartonner

  1. (transitive) to cover with cardboard; (of a book) to print in hardcover
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to attack, vigorously critique
  3. (transitive, slang, sexuality) to possess sexually
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) to hit the jackpot
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) to be in danger, exposed, etc.
  6. (intransitive, colloquial) to get into a collision, a car accident

Conjugation

Conjugation of cartonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cartonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cartonnant
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cartonné
/kaʁ.tɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cartonne
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		cartonnes
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		cartonne
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		cartonnons
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ 		cartonnez
/kaʁ.tɔ.ne/ 		cartonnent
/kaʁ.tɔn/
imperfect cartonnais
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ 		cartonnais
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ 		cartonnait
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/ 		cartonnions
/kaʁ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ 		cartonniez
/kaʁ.tɔ.nje/ 		cartonnaient
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 cartonnai
/kaʁ.tɔ.ne/ 		cartonnas
/kaʁ.tɔ.na/ 		cartonna
/kaʁ.tɔ.na/ 		cartonnâmes
/kaʁ.tɔ.nam/ 		cartonnâtes
/kaʁ.tɔ.nat/ 		cartonnèrent
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɛʁ/
future cartonnerai
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁe/ 		cartonneras
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁa/ 		cartonnera
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁa/ 		cartonnerons
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		cartonnerez
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁe/ 		cartonneront
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cartonnerais
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ 		cartonnerais
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ 		cartonnerait
/kaʁ.tɔn.ʁɛ/ 		cartonnerions
/kaʁ.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cartonneriez
/kaʁ.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		cartonneraient
/kaʁ.tɔn.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 cartonne
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		cartonnes
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		cartonne
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		cartonnions
/kaʁ.tɔ.njɔ̃/ 		cartonniez
/kaʁ.tɔ.nje/ 		cartonnent
/kaʁ.tɔn/
imperfect2 cartonnasse
/kaʁ.tɔ.nas/ 		cartonnasses
/kaʁ.tɔ.nas/ 		cartonnât
/kaʁ.tɔ.na/ 		cartonnassions
/kaʁ.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		cartonnassiez
/kaʁ.tɔ.na.sje/ 		cartonnassent
/kaʁ.tɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cartonne
/kaʁ.tɔn/ 		— cartonnons
/kaʁ.tɔ.nɔ̃/ 		cartonnez
/kaʁ.tɔ.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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