phoner
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
phoner (plural phoners)
- One who phones.
- 2007 February 15, David Pogue, “Freedom for Prisoners of Voice Mail”, in New York Times[1]:
- The company plans to offer better deals for frequent phoners — including an unlimited plan — in the coming months.
- (informal) A broadcast interview conducted by telephone.
Synonyms edit
- (one who phones): caller, telephoner
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
phoner
- to ring, call, phone
- Synonym: téléphoner
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of phoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | phoner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | phonant /fɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | phoné /fɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | phone /fɔn/ |
phones /fɔn/ |
phone /fɔn/ |
phonons /fɔ.nɔ̃/ |
phonez /fɔ.ne/ |
phonent /fɔn/ |
| imperfect | phonais /fɔ.nɛ/ |
phonais /fɔ.nɛ/ |
phonait /fɔ.nɛ/ |
phonions /fɔ.njɔ̃/ |
phoniez /fɔ.nje/ |
phonaient /fɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | phonai /fɔ.ne/ |
phonas /fɔ.na/ |
phona /fɔ.na/ |
phonâmes /fɔ.nam/ |
phonâtes /fɔ.nat/ |
phonèrent /fɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | phonerai /fɔn.ʁe/ |
phoneras /fɔn.ʁa/ |
phonera /fɔn.ʁa/ |
phonerons /fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
phonerez /fɔn.ʁe/ |
phoneront /fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | phonerais /fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
phonerais /fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
phonerait /fɔn.ʁɛ/ |
phonerions /fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
phoneriez /fɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
phoneraient /fɔn.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 | phone /fɔn/ |
phones /fɔn/ |
phone /fɔn/ |
phonions /fɔ.njɔ̃/ |
phoniez /fɔ.nje/ |
phonent /fɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | phonasse /fɔ.nas/ |
phonasses /fɔ.nas/ |
phonât /fɔ.na/ |
phonassions /fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
phonassiez /fɔ.na.sje/ |
phonassent /fɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | phone /fɔn/ |
— | phonons /fɔ.nɔ̃/ |
phonez /fɔ.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). | |||||||