bedonner

French

Etymology

From bedon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.dɔ.ne/

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Verb

bedonner

1. to have a plump stomach, to be paunchy

Conjugation

Conjugation of bedonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bedonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bedonnant /bə.dɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bedonné /bə.dɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bedonne /bə.dɔn/	bedonnes /bə.dɔn/	bedonne /bə.dɔn/	bedonnons /bə.dɔ.nɔ̃/	bedonnez /bə.dɔ.ne/	bedonnent /bə.dɔn/
	imperfect	bedonnais /bə.dɔ.nɛ/	bedonnais /bə.dɔ.nɛ/	bedonnait /bə.dɔ.nɛ/	bedonnions /bə.dɔ.njɔ̃/	bedonniez /bə.dɔ.nje/	bedonnaient /bə.dɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	bedonnai /bə.dɔ.ne/	bedonnas /bə.dɔ.na/	bedonna /bə.dɔ.na/	bedonnâmes /bə.dɔ.nam/	bedonnâtes /bə.dɔ.nat/	bedonnèrent /bə.dɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	bedonnerai /bə.dɔn.ʁe/	bedonneras /bə.dɔn.ʁa/	bedonnera /bə.dɔn.ʁa/	bedonnerons /bə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/	bedonnerez /bə.dɔn.ʁe/	bedonneront /bə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bedonnerais /bə.dɔn.ʁɛ/	bedonnerais /bə.dɔn.ʁɛ/	bedonnerait /bə.dɔn.ʁɛ/	bedonnerions /bə.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	bedonneriez /bə.dɔ.nə.ʁje/	bedonneraient /bə.dɔn.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	bedonne /bə.dɔn/	bedonnes /bə.dɔn/	bedonne /bə.dɔn/	bedonnions /bə.dɔ.njɔ̃/	bedonniez /bə.dɔ.nje/	bedonnent /bə.dɔn/
	imperfect2	bedonnasse /bə.dɔ.nas/	bedonnasses /bə.dɔ.nas/	bedonnât /bə.dɔ.na/	bedonnassions /bə.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	bedonnassiez /bə.dɔ.na.sje/	bedonnassent /bə.dɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bedonne /bə.dɔn/	—	bedonnons /bə.dɔ.nɔ̃/	bedonnez /bə.dɔ.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).

Related terms

• bedon
• bedonnant

Further reading

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