chansonner

French

Etymology

From chanson +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

chansonner

1. to be satirized in song

Conjugation

Conjugation of chansonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chansonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chansonnant /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		chansonné /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chansonne /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	chansonnes /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	chansonne /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	chansonnons /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/	chansonnez /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.ne/	chansonnent /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/
	imperfect	chansonnais /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/	chansonnais /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/	chansonnait /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/	chansonnions /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/	chansonniez /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nje/	chansonnaient /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	chansonnai /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.ne/	chansonnas /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.na/	chansonna /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.na/	chansonnâmes /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nam/	chansonnâtes /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nat/	chansonnèrent /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	chansonnerai /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁe/	chansonneras /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁa/	chansonnera /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁa/	chansonnerons /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/	chansonnerez /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁe/	chansonneront /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chansonnerais /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/	chansonnerais /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/	chansonnerait /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.ʁɛ/	chansonnerions /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	chansonneriez /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nə.ʁje/	chansonneraient /ʃɑ̃.sɔn.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	chansonne /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	chansonnes /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	chansonne /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	chansonnions /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.njɔ̃/	chansonniez /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nje/	chansonnent /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/
	imperfect2	chansonnasse /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nas/	chansonnasses /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nas/	chansonnât /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.na/	chansonnassions /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	chansonnassiez /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.na.sje/	chansonnassent /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chansonne /ʃɑ̃.sɔn/	—	chansonnons /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nɔ̃/	chansonnez /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.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).

Further reading

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