flagorner
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French flagorner, of obscure origin. Possibly equivalent to a blend of flatter (“to flatter”) + corner (“to blow a horn, trumpet”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
flagorner
- (transitive, literary) to flatter coarsely; to toady
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of flagorner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | flagorner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | flagornant /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | flagorné /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
flagornes /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
flagornons /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɔ̃/ |
flagornez /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/ |
flagornent /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
| imperfect | flagornais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/ |
flagornais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/ |
flagornait /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/ |
flagornions /fla.ɡɔʁ.njɔ̃/ |
flagorniez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nje/ |
flagornaient /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | flagornai /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/ |
flagornas /fla.ɡɔʁ.na/ |
flagorna /fla.ɡɔʁ.na/ |
flagornâmes /fla.ɡɔʁ.nam/ |
flagornâtes /fla.ɡɔʁ.nat/ |
flagornèrent /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | flagornerai /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
flagorneras /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
flagornera /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
flagornerons /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
flagornerez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
flagorneront /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | flagornerais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
flagornerais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
flagornerait /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
flagornerions /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
flagorneriez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
flagorneraient /fla.ɡɔʁ.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 | flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
flagornes /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
flagornions /fla.ɡɔʁ.njɔ̃/ |
flagorniez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nje/ |
flagornent /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | flagornasse /fla.ɡɔʁ.nas/ |
flagornasses /fla.ɡɔʁ.nas/ |
flagornât /fla.ɡɔʁ.na/ |
flagornassions /fla.ɡɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
flagornassiez /fla.ɡɔʁ.na.sje/ |
flagornassent /fla.ɡɔʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/ |
— | flagornons /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɔ̃/ |
flagornez /fla.ɡɔʁ.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
- “flagorner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.