tambouriner

English

Etymology

tambourine +‎ -er

Noun

tambouriner (plural tambouriners)

1. Someone who plays the tambourine.

French

Etymology

From tambourin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.ne/

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Verb

tambouriner

1. (transitive) to drum, drum down

Conjugation

Conjugation of tambouriner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tambouriner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tambourinant /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tambouriné /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tambourine /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	tambourines /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	tambourine /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	tambourinons /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɔ̃/	tambourinez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.ne/	tambourinent /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/
	imperfect	tambourinais /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɛ/	tambourinais /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɛ/	tambourinait /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɛ/	tambourinions /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.njɔ̃/	tambouriniez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nje/	tambourinaient /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɛ/
	past historic2	tambourinai /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.ne/	tambourinas /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.na/	tambourina /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.na/	tambourinâmes /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nam/	tambourinâtes /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nat/	tambourinèrent /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɛʁ/
	future	tambourinerai /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁe/	tambourineras /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁa/	tambourinera /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁa/	tambourinerons /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁɔ̃/	tambourinerez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁe/	tambourineront /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tambourinerais /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁɛ/	tambourinerais /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁɛ/	tambourinerait /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.ʁɛ/	tambourinerions /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	tambourineriez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nə.ʁje/	tambourineraient /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin.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	tambourine /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	tambourines /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	tambourine /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	tambourinions /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.njɔ̃/	tambouriniez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nje/	tambourinent /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/
	imperfect2	tambourinasse /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nas/	tambourinasses /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nas/	tambourinât /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.na/	tambourinassions /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.na.sjɔ̃/	tambourinassiez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.na.sje/	tambourinassent /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tambourine /tɑ̃.bu.ʁin/	—	tambourinons /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.nɔ̃/	tambourinez /tɑ̃.bu.ʁi.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).

Derived terms

• tambourinement

Further reading

• “tambouriner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.