sillonner

French

Etymology

From sillon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.jɔ.ne/
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Verb

sillonner

  1. to crisscross; cut across; furrow; to go back and forth (across)
  2. (figuratively) to leave traces of one's passage or way

Conjugation

Conjugation of sillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sillonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sillonnant
/si.jɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sillonné
/si.jɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present sillonne
/si.jɔn/ 		sillonnes
/si.jɔn/ 		sillonne
/si.jɔn/ 		sillonnons
/si.jɔ.nɔ̃/ 		sillonnez
/si.jɔ.ne/ 		sillonnent
/si.jɔn/
imperfect sillonnais
/si.jɔ.nɛ/ 		sillonnais
/si.jɔ.nɛ/ 		sillonnait
/si.jɔ.nɛ/ 		sillonnions
/si.jɔ.njɔ̃/ 		sillonniez
/si.jɔ.nje/ 		sillonnaient
/si.jɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 sillonnai
/si.jɔ.ne/ 		sillonnas
/si.jɔ.na/ 		sillonna
/si.jɔ.na/ 		sillonnâmes
/si.jɔ.nam/ 		sillonnâtes
/si.jɔ.nat/ 		sillonnèrent
/si.jɔ.nɛʁ/
future sillonnerai
/si.jɔn.ʁe/ 		sillonneras
/si.jɔn.ʁa/ 		sillonnera
/si.jɔn.ʁa/ 		sillonnerons
/si.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		sillonnerez
/si.jɔn.ʁe/ 		sillonneront
/si.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sillonnerais
/si.jɔn.ʁɛ/ 		sillonnerais
/si.jɔn.ʁɛ/ 		sillonnerait
/si.jɔn.ʁɛ/ 		sillonnerions
/si.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sillonneriez
/si.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		sillonneraient
/si.jɔn.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 sillonne
/si.jɔn/ 		sillonnes
/si.jɔn/ 		sillonne
/si.jɔn/ 		sillonnions
/si.jɔ.njɔ̃/ 		sillonniez
/si.jɔ.nje/ 		sillonnent
/si.jɔn/
imperfect2 sillonnasse
/si.jɔ.nas/ 		sillonnasses
/si.jɔ.nas/ 		sillonnât
/si.jɔ.na/ 		sillonnassions
/si.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		sillonnassiez
/si.jɔ.na.sje/ 		sillonnassent
/si.jɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sillonne
/si.jɔn/ 		— sillonnons
/si.jɔ.nɔ̃/ 		sillonnez
/si.jɔ.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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