fredonner

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French

Etymology

From fredon (“refrain”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁə.dɔ.ne/
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Verb

fredonner

  1. to hum (to make sound with lips closed)
    Tout en admirant la nature qui l’entourait, il fredonnait un air musical qui lui rappelait le bon vieux temps
    As he admired the nature that surrounded him, he hummed a tune that reminded him of the good old times

Conjugation

Conjugation of fredonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fredonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fredonnant
/fʁə.dɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fredonné
/fʁə.dɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fredonne
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		fredonnes
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		fredonne
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		fredonnons
/fʁə.dɔ.nɔ̃/ 		fredonnez
/fʁə.dɔ.ne/ 		fredonnent
/fʁə.dɔn/
imperfect fredonnais
/fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ 		fredonnais
/fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ 		fredonnait
/fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/ 		fredonnions
/fʁə.dɔ.njɔ̃/ 		fredonniez
/fʁə.dɔ.nje/ 		fredonnaient
/fʁə.dɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 fredonnai
/fʁə.dɔ.ne/ 		fredonnas
/fʁə.dɔ.na/ 		fredonna
/fʁə.dɔ.na/ 		fredonnâmes
/fʁə.dɔ.nam/ 		fredonnâtes
/fʁə.dɔ.nat/ 		fredonnèrent
/fʁə.dɔ.nɛʁ/
future fredonnerai
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁe/ 		fredonneras
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁa/ 		fredonnera
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁa/ 		fredonnerons
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		fredonnerez
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁe/ 		fredonneront
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fredonnerais
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		fredonnerais
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		fredonnerait
/fʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/ 		fredonnerions
/fʁə.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fredonneriez
/fʁə.dɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		fredonneraient
/fʁə.dɔn.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 fredonne
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		fredonnes
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		fredonne
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		fredonnions
/fʁə.dɔ.njɔ̃/ 		fredonniez
/fʁə.dɔ.nje/ 		fredonnent
/fʁə.dɔn/
imperfect2 fredonnasse
/fʁə.dɔ.nas/ 		fredonnasses
/fʁə.dɔ.nas/ 		fredonnât
/fʁə.dɔ.na/ 		fredonnassions
/fʁə.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		fredonnassiez
/fʁə.dɔ.na.sje/ 		fredonnassent
/fʁə.dɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fredonne
/fʁə.dɔn/ 		— fredonnons
/fʁə.dɔ.nɔ̃/ 		fredonnez
/fʁə.dɔ.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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