claironner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
claironner
- to bugle (play the bugle)
- to holler, yell
- 1916, “Verdun, on ne passe pas!”, performed by Eugène Joullot and Jack Cazoll:
- Mais tout à coup, le coq gaulois claironne: Cocorico, debout petits soldats!
- But out of the blue, the Gallic rooster hollers: cock-a-doodle-do, arise little soldiers!
Conjugation
Conjugation of claironner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | claironner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | claironnant /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | claironné /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
claironnes /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
claironnons /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ |
claironnez /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.ne/ |
claironnent /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
| imperfect | claironnais /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
claironnais /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
claironnait /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
claironnions /klɛ.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ |
claironniez /klɛ.ʁɔ.nje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nje/ |
claironnaient /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | claironnai /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.ne/ |
claironnas /klɛ.ʁɔ.na/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na/ |
claironna /klɛ.ʁɔ.na/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na/ |
claironnâmes /klɛ.ʁɔ.nam/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nam/ |
claironnâtes /klɛ.ʁɔ.nat/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nat/ |
claironnèrent /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | claironnerai /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁe/ |
claironneras /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁa/ |
claironnera /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁa/ |
claironnerons /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
claironnerez /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁe/ |
claironneront /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | claironnerais /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
claironnerais /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
claironnerait /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
claironnerions /klɛ.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
claironneriez /klɛ.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
claironneraient /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.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 | claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
claironnes /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
claironnions /klɛ.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ |
claironniez /klɛ.ʁɔ.nje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nje/ |
claironnent /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | claironnasse /klɛ.ʁɔ.nas/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nas/ |
claironnasses /klɛ.ʁɔ.nas/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nas/ |
claironnât /klɛ.ʁɔ.na/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na/ |
claironnassions /klɛ.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
claironnassiez /klɛ.ʁɔ.na.sje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na.sje/ |
claironnassent /klɛ.ʁɔ.nas/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/ |
— | claironnons /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ |
claironnez /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “claironner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.