frissonner

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

frissonner

  1. (of emotion) tremble
  2. shiver
  3. (literary) rustle
    • 1820, Alphonse de Lamartine, “Le Soir”, in Médiations Poétiques‎:
      De ce hêtre au feuillage sombre ¶ J’entends frissonner les rameaux
      Of this beech of sombre foliage ¶ I hear the twigs rustling
    • 1942, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?”, Charles Trenet (lyrics), Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet (music), performed by Charles Trenet:
      Ce soir, c’est une chanson d’automne / dans la maison qui frissonne / et je pense aux jours lointains.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of frissonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple frissonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple frissonnant
/fʁi.sɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle frissonné
/fʁi.sɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present frissonne
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		frissonnes
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		frissonne
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		frissonnons
/fʁi.sɔ.nɔ̃/ 		frissonnez
/fʁi.sɔ.ne/ 		frissonnent
/fʁi.sɔn/
imperfect frissonnais
/fʁi.sɔ.nɛ/ 		frissonnais
/fʁi.sɔ.nɛ/ 		frissonnait
/fʁi.sɔ.nɛ/ 		frissonnions
/fʁi.sɔ.njɔ̃/ 		frissonniez
/fʁi.sɔ.nje/ 		frissonnaient
/fʁi.sɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 frissonnai
/fʁi.sɔ.ne/ 		frissonnas
/fʁi.sɔ.na/ 		frissonna
/fʁi.sɔ.na/ 		frissonnâmes
/fʁi.sɔ.nam/ 		frissonnâtes
/fʁi.sɔ.nat/ 		frissonnèrent
/fʁi.sɔ.nɛʁ/
future frissonnerai
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁe/ 		frissonneras
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁa/ 		frissonnera
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁa/ 		frissonnerons
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		frissonnerez
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁe/ 		frissonneront
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional frissonnerais
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁɛ/ 		frissonnerais
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁɛ/ 		frissonnerait
/fʁi.sɔn.ʁɛ/ 		frissonnerions
/fʁi.sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		frissonneriez
/fʁi.sɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		frissonneraient
/fʁi.sɔn.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 frissonne
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		frissonnes
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		frissonne
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		frissonnions
/fʁi.sɔ.njɔ̃/ 		frissonniez
/fʁi.sɔ.nje/ 		frissonnent
/fʁi.sɔn/
imperfect2 frissonnasse
/fʁi.sɔ.nas/ 		frissonnasses
/fʁi.sɔ.nas/ 		frissonnât
/fʁi.sɔ.na/ 		frissonnassions
/fʁi.sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		frissonnassiez
/fʁi.sɔ.na.sje/ 		frissonnassent
/fʁi.sɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — frissonne
/fʁi.sɔn/ 		— frissonnons
/fʁi.sɔ.nɔ̃/ 		frissonnez
/fʁi.sɔ.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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