grisonner

French

Etymology

From grison +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.zɔ.ne/

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Verb

grisonner

1. (intransitive) to (become) grey (especially of hair)

Conjugation

Conjugation of grisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	grisonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	grisonnant /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		grisonné /ɡʁi.zɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	grisonne /ɡʁi.zɔn/	grisonnes /ɡʁi.zɔn/	grisonne /ɡʁi.zɔn/	grisonnons /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɔ̃/	grisonnez /ɡʁi.zɔ.ne/	grisonnent /ɡʁi.zɔn/
	imperfect	grisonnais /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɛ/	grisonnais /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɛ/	grisonnait /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɛ/	grisonnions /ɡʁi.zɔ.njɔ̃/	grisonniez /ɡʁi.zɔ.nje/	grisonnaient /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	grisonnai /ɡʁi.zɔ.ne/	grisonnas /ɡʁi.zɔ.na/	grisonna /ɡʁi.zɔ.na/	grisonnâmes /ɡʁi.zɔ.nam/	grisonnâtes /ɡʁi.zɔ.nat/	grisonnèrent /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	grisonnerai /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁe/	grisonneras /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁa/	grisonnera /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁa/	grisonnerons /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/	grisonnerez /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁe/	grisonneront /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	grisonnerais /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/	grisonnerais /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/	grisonnerait /ɡʁi.zɔn.ʁɛ/	grisonnerions /ɡʁi.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	grisonneriez /ɡʁi.zɔ.nə.ʁje/	grisonneraient /ɡʁi.zɔn.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	grisonne /ɡʁi.zɔn/	grisonnes /ɡʁi.zɔn/	grisonne /ɡʁi.zɔn/	grisonnions /ɡʁi.zɔ.njɔ̃/	grisonniez /ɡʁi.zɔ.nje/	grisonnent /ɡʁi.zɔn/
	imperfect2	grisonnasse /ɡʁi.zɔ.nas/	grisonnasses /ɡʁi.zɔ.nas/	grisonnât /ɡʁi.zɔ.na/	grisonnassions /ɡʁi.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	grisonnassiez /ɡʁi.zɔ.na.sje/	grisonnassent /ɡʁi.zɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	grisonne /ɡʁi.zɔn/	—	grisonnons /ɡʁi.zɔ.nɔ̃/	grisonnez /ɡʁi.zɔ.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

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