couillonner

French

Etymology

From couillon +‎ -er. Cognate with Occitan colhonar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.jɔ.ne/

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Verb

couillonner

1. to trick
2. to joke

Conjugation

Conjugation of couillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	couillonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	couillonnant /ku.jɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		couillonné /ku.jɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	couillonne /ku.jɔn/	couillonnes /ku.jɔn/	couillonne /ku.jɔn/	couillonnons /ku.jɔ.nɔ̃/	couillonnez /ku.jɔ.ne/	couillonnent /ku.jɔn/
	imperfect	couillonnais /ku.jɔ.nɛ/	couillonnais /ku.jɔ.nɛ/	couillonnait /ku.jɔ.nɛ/	couillonnions /ku.jɔ.njɔ̃/	couillonniez /ku.jɔ.nje/	couillonnaient /ku.jɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	couillonnai /ku.jɔ.ne/	couillonnas /ku.jɔ.na/	couillonna /ku.jɔ.na/	couillonnâmes /ku.jɔ.nam/	couillonnâtes /ku.jɔ.nat/	couillonnèrent /ku.jɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	couillonnerai /ku.jɔn.ʁe/	couillonneras /ku.jɔn.ʁa/	couillonnera /ku.jɔn.ʁa/	couillonnerons /ku.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/	couillonnerez /ku.jɔn.ʁe/	couillonneront /ku.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	couillonnerais /ku.jɔn.ʁɛ/	couillonnerais /ku.jɔn.ʁɛ/	couillonnerait /ku.jɔn.ʁɛ/	couillonnerions /ku.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	couillonneriez /ku.jɔ.nə.ʁje/	couillonneraient /ku.jɔn.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	couillonne /ku.jɔn/	couillonnes /ku.jɔn/	couillonne /ku.jɔn/	couillonnions /ku.jɔ.njɔ̃/	couillonniez /ku.jɔ.nje/	couillonnent /ku.jɔn/
	imperfect2	couillonnasse /ku.jɔ.nas/	couillonnasses /ku.jɔ.nas/	couillonnât /ku.jɔ.na/	couillonnassions /ku.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	couillonnassiez /ku.jɔ.na.sje/	couillonnassent /ku.jɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	couillonne /ku.jɔn/	—	couillonnons /ku.jɔ.nɔ̃/	couillonnez /ku.jɔ.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

• couillonnade

 

Further reading

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