galonner

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French galoner, of uncertain origin, perhaps from the Old French verb galer (“to have fun, enjoy oneself”), but this is formally difficult since the suffix -onner rarely appears before the 19th century.

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

galonner

to braid, galloon (trim with braid)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of galonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	galonner
present participle or gerund¹	simple	galonnant /ɡa.lɔ.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		galonné /ɡa.lɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	galonne /ɡa.lɔn/	galonnes /ɡa.lɔn/	galonne /ɡa.lɔn/	galonnons /ɡa.lɔ.nɔ̃/	galonnez /ɡa.lɔ.ne/	galonnent /ɡa.lɔn/
	imperfect	galonnais /ɡa.lɔ.nɛ/	galonnais /ɡa.lɔ.nɛ/	galonnait /ɡa.lɔ.nɛ/	galonnions /ɡa.lɔ.njɔ̃/	galonniez /ɡa.lɔ.nje/	galonnaient /ɡa.lɔ.nɛ/
	past historic²	galonnai /ɡa.lɔ.ne/	galonnas /ɡa.lɔ.na/	galonna /ɡa.lɔ.na/	galonnâmes /ɡa.lɔ.nam/	galonnâtes /ɡa.lɔ.nat/	galonnèrent /ɡa.lɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	galonnerai /ɡa.lɔn.ʁe/	galonneras /ɡa.lɔn.ʁa/	galonnera /ɡa.lɔn.ʁa/	galonnerons /ɡa.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/	galonnerez /ɡa.lɔn.ʁe/	galonneront /ɡa.lɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	galonnerais /ɡa.lɔn.ʁɛ/	galonnerais /ɡa.lɔn.ʁɛ/	galonnerait /ɡa.lɔn.ʁɛ/	galonnerions /ɡa.lɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	galonneriez /ɡa.lɔ.nə.ʁje/	galonneraient /ɡa.lɔn.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	galonne /ɡa.lɔn/	galonnes /ɡa.lɔn/	galonne /ɡa.lɔn/	galonnions /ɡa.lɔ.njɔ̃/	galonniez /ɡa.lɔ.nje/	galonnent /ɡa.lɔn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	galonnasse /ɡa.lɔ.nas/	galonnasses /ɡa.lɔ.nas/	galonnât /ɡa.lɔ.na/	galonnassions /ɡa.lɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	galonnassiez /ɡa.lɔ.na.sje/	galonnassent /ɡa.lɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	galonne /ɡa.lɔn/	—	galonnons /ɡa.lɔ.nɔ̃/	galonnez /ɡa.lɔ.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).