tonner

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English

Etymology

From ton +‎ -er or tonne +‎ -er.

Noun

tonner (plural tonners)

  1. (in combination) A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:
      There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Latin tonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

tonner (impersonal)

  1. (meteorology, impersonal) to thunder
  2. to thunder (to make a noise like thunder)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tonnant
/tɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tonné
/tɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tonne
/tɔn/ 		tonnes
/tɔn/ 		tonne
/tɔn/ 		tonnons
/tɔ.nɔ̃/ 		tonnez
/tɔ.ne/ 		tonnent
/tɔn/
imperfect tonnais
/tɔ.nɛ/ 		tonnais
/tɔ.nɛ/ 		tonnait
/tɔ.nɛ/ 		tonnions
/tɔ.njɔ̃/ 		tonniez
/tɔ.nje/ 		tonnaient
/tɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 tonnai
/tɔ.ne/ 		tonnas
/tɔ.na/ 		tonna
/tɔ.na/ 		tonnâmes
/tɔ.nam/ 		tonnâtes
/tɔ.nat/ 		tonnèrent
/tɔ.nɛʁ/
future tonnerai
/tɔn.ʁe/ 		tonneras
/tɔn.ʁa/ 		tonnera
/tɔn.ʁa/ 		tonnerons
/tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		tonnerez
/tɔn.ʁe/ 		tonneront
/tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tonnerais
/tɔn.ʁɛ/ 		tonnerais
/tɔn.ʁɛ/ 		tonnerait
/tɔn.ʁɛ/ 		tonnerions
/tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tonneriez
/tɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		tonneraient
/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 tonne
/tɔn/ 		tonnes
/tɔn/ 		tonne
/tɔn/ 		tonnions
/tɔ.njɔ̃/ 		tonniez
/tɔ.nje/ 		tonnent
/tɔn/
imperfect2 tonnasse
/tɔ.nas/ 		tonnasses
/tɔ.nas/ 		tonnât
/tɔ.na/ 		tonnassions
/tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		tonnassiez
/tɔ.na.sje/ 		tonnassent
/tɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tonne
/tɔn/ 		— tonnons
/tɔ.nɔ̃/ 		tonnez
/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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