mâchonner

French

Etymology

From mâcher +‎ -on +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʃɔ.ne/ ~ /mɑ.ʃɔ.ne/

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Verb

mâchonner

1. (transitive) to chew

Conjugation

Conjugation of mâchonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mâchonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mâchonnant /ma.ʃɔ.nɑ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mâchonné /ma.ʃɔ.ne/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mâchonne /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	mâchonnes /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	mâchonne /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	mâchonnons /ma.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/	mâchonnez /ma.ʃɔ.ne/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.ne/	mâchonnent /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/
	imperfect	mâchonnais /ma.ʃɔ.nɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɛ/	mâchonnais /ma.ʃɔ.nɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɛ/	mâchonnait /ma.ʃɔ.nɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɛ/	mâchonnions /ma.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/	mâchonniez /ma.ʃɔ.nje/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nje/	mâchonnaient /ma.ʃɔ.nɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	mâchonnai /ma.ʃɔ.ne/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.ne/	mâchonnas /ma.ʃɔ.na/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.na/	mâchonna /ma.ʃɔ.na/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.na/	mâchonnâmes /ma.ʃɔ.nam/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nam/	mâchonnâtes /ma.ʃɔ.nat/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nat/	mâchonnèrent /ma.ʃɔ.nɛʁ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	mâchonnerai /ma.ʃɔn.ʁe/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁe/	mâchonneras /ma.ʃɔn.ʁa/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁa/	mâchonnera /ma.ʃɔn.ʁa/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁa/	mâchonnerons /ma.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/	mâchonnerez /ma.ʃɔn.ʁe/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁe/	mâchonneront /ma.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mâchonnerais /ma.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/	mâchonnerais /ma.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/	mâchonnerait /ma.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/	mâchonnerions /ma.ʃɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	mâchonneriez /ma.ʃɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nə.ʁje/	mâchonneraient /ma.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn.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	mâchonne /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	mâchonnes /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	mâchonne /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	mâchonnions /ma.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/	mâchonniez /ma.ʃɔ.nje/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nje/	mâchonnent /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/
	imperfect2	mâchonnasse /ma.ʃɔ.nas/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nas/	mâchonnasses /ma.ʃɔ.nas/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nas/	mâchonnât /ma.ʃɔ.na/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.na/	mâchonnassions /ma.ʃɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	mâchonnassiez /ma.ʃɔ.na.sje/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.na.sje/	mâchonnassent /ma.ʃɔ.nas/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mâchonne /ma.ʃɔn/ or /mɑ.ʃɔn/	—	mâchonnons /ma.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/	mâchonnez /ma.ʃɔ.ne/ or /mɑ.ʃɔ.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

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