jongler

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French

Etymology

From an alteration of Old French jogler, from Latin ioculārī, and influenced by Old French jangler (“to entertain”), itself from Frankish *jangalon.

Pronunciation

Verb

jongler

  1. to juggle
  2. (dated) to entertain
  3. (Louisiana, transitive) to think about, to worry about
  4. (Louisiana, transitive, with à, après, pour, sur) to think of, to think about
  5. (Louisiana, intransitive) to think, to meditate, to reflect, to ponder, to worry
  6. (Louisiana) to daydream, to dream

Conjugation

Conjugation of jongler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple jongler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple jonglant
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle jonglé
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		jongles
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		jonglons
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɔ̃/ 		jonglez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ 		jonglent
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/
imperfect jonglais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ 		jonglais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ 		jonglait
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/ 		jonglions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ 		jongliez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.je/ 		jonglaient
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/
past historic2 jonglai
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ 		jonglas
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla/ 		jongla
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla/ 		jonglâmes
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlam/ 		jonglâtes
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlat/ 		jonglèrent
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛʁ/
future jonglerai
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/ 		jongleras
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/ 		jonglera
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/ 		jonglerons
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/ 		jonglerez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/ 		jongleront
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jonglerais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ 		jonglerais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ 		jonglerait
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/ 		jonglerions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		jongleriez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁje/ 		jongleraient
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.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 jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		jongles
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		jonglions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ 		jongliez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.je/ 		jonglent
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/
imperfect2 jonglasse
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/ 		jonglasses
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/ 		jonglât
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla/ 		jonglassions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla.sjɔ̃/ 		jonglassiez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla.sje/ 		jonglassent
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/ 		— jonglons
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɔ̃/ 		jonglez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: jonglé

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jongleur.

Noun

jongler m (plural jongleri)

  1. juggler

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative jongler jonglerul jongleri jonglerii
genitive-dative jongler jonglerului jongleri jonglerilor
vocative jonglerule jonglerilor
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