hiverner
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin hībernāre. Compare the borrowed doublet hiberner.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
hiverner
- (intransitive, of a boat, or animal) to winter, hibernate (to spend the winter in a certain place, especially for warmth)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hiverner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hiverner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | hivernant /i.vɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hiverné /i.vɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hiverne /i.vɛʁn/ |
hivernes /i.vɛʁn/ |
hiverne /i.vɛʁn/ |
hivernons /i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
hivernez /i.vɛʁ.ne/ |
hivernent /i.vɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | hivernais /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/ |
hivernais /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/ |
hivernait /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/ |
hivernions /i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
hiverniez /i.vɛʁ.nje/ |
hivernaient /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | hivernai /i.vɛʁ.ne/ |
hivernas /i.vɛʁ.na/ |
hiverna /i.vɛʁ.na/ |
hivernâmes /i.vɛʁ.nam/ |
hivernâtes /i.vɛʁ.nat/ |
hivernèrent /i.vɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | hivernerai /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
hiverneras /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
hivernera /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
hivernerons /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
hivernerez /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
hiverneront /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hivernerais /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
hivernerais /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
hivernerait /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
hivernerions /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hiverneriez /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
hiverneraient /i.vɛʁ.nə.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 | hiverne /i.vɛʁn/ |
hivernes /i.vɛʁn/ |
hiverne /i.vɛʁn/ |
hivernions /i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
hiverniez /i.vɛʁ.nje/ |
hivernent /i.vɛʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | hivernasse /i.vɛʁ.nas/ |
hivernasses /i.vɛʁ.nas/ |
hivernât /i.vɛʁ.na/ |
hivernassions /i.vɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
hivernassiez /i.vɛʁ.na.sje/ |
hivernassent /i.vɛʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hiverne /i.vɛʁn/ |
— | hivernons /i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
hivernez /i.vɛʁ.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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hiverner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.