harponner

French

Etymology

From harpon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

harponner

1. to harpoon

Conjugation

Conjugation of harponner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	harponner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	harponnant /aʁ.pɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		harponné /aʁ.pɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	harponne /aʁ.pɔn/	harponnes /aʁ.pɔn/	harponne /aʁ.pɔn/	harponnons /aʁ.pɔ.nɔ̃/	harponnez /aʁ.pɔ.ne/	harponnent /aʁ.pɔn/
	imperfect	harponnais /aʁ.pɔ.nɛ/	harponnais /aʁ.pɔ.nɛ/	harponnait /aʁ.pɔ.nɛ/	harponnions /aʁ.pɔ.njɔ̃/	harponniez /aʁ.pɔ.nje/	harponnaient /aʁ.pɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	harponnai /aʁ.pɔ.ne/	harponnas /aʁ.pɔ.na/	harponna /aʁ.pɔ.na/	harponnâmes /aʁ.pɔ.nam/	harponnâtes /aʁ.pɔ.nat/	harponnèrent /aʁ.pɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	harponnerai /aʁ.pɔn.ʁe/	harponneras /aʁ.pɔn.ʁa/	harponnera /aʁ.pɔn.ʁa/	harponnerons /aʁ.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/	harponnerez /aʁ.pɔn.ʁe/	harponneront /aʁ.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	harponnerais /aʁ.pɔn.ʁɛ/	harponnerais /aʁ.pɔn.ʁɛ/	harponnerait /aʁ.pɔn.ʁɛ/	harponnerions /aʁ.pɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	harponneriez /aʁ.pɔ.nə.ʁje/	harponneraient /aʁ.pɔn.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	harponne /aʁ.pɔn/	harponnes /aʁ.pɔn/	harponne /aʁ.pɔn/	harponnions /aʁ.pɔ.njɔ̃/	harponniez /aʁ.pɔ.nje/	harponnent /aʁ.pɔn/
	imperfect2	harponnasse /aʁ.pɔ.nas/	harponnasses /aʁ.pɔ.nas/	harponnât /aʁ.pɔ.na/	harponnassions /aʁ.pɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	harponnassiez /aʁ.pɔ.na.sje/	harponnassent /aʁ.pɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	harponne /aʁ.pɔn/	—	harponnons /aʁ.pɔ.nɔ̃/	harponnez /aʁ.pɔ.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

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