étonner

See also êtonner

French

Etymology

From Middle French estonner, from Old French estoner (“to be dizzy due to a violent blow”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Old Frankish *stunōn (“to make a loud sound”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to make a sound, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten- (“to thunder, rustle, drone, groan”). Cognate with Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound”) (see stun); or from a hypothetical Latin *extonare (“to thunder out”), ultimate from the same Proto-Indo-European root; or a fusion of both.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /e.tɔ.ne/, X-SAMPA: /e.tO.ne/

Verb

étonner

1. to surprise

Related terms

• étonnant
• étonné
• étonnement

Conjugation

   Conjugation of étonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		étonner			avoir étonné
gerund		en étonnant			en ayant étonné
present participle		étonnant
past participle		étonné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	étonne	étonnes	étonne	étonnons	étonnez	étonnent
	imperfect	étonnais	étonnais	étonnait	étonnions	étonniez	étonnaient
	past historic1	étonnai	étonnas	étonna	étonnâmes	étonnâtes	étonnèrent
	future	étonnerai	étonneras	étonnera	étonnerons	étonnerez	étonneront
	conditional	étonnerais	étonnerais	étonnerait	étonnerions	étonneriez	étonneraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	étonne	étonnes	étonne	étonnions	étonniez	étonnent
	imperfect1	étonnasse	étonnasses	étonnât	étonnassions	étonnassiez	étonnassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	étonne	—	étonnons	étonnez	—
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