marmonner

French

Etymology

From Latin murmurāre. Compare German murren, Norwegian marma, Swedish marra. Doublet of murmurer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.mɔ.ne/

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Verb

marmonner

1. to murmur, mumble

   Synonym: marmotter

Conjugation

Conjugation of marmonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marmonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	marmonnant /maʁ.mɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		marmonné /maʁ.mɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnes /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnons /maʁ.mɔ.nɔ̃/	marmonnez /maʁ.mɔ.ne/	marmonnent /maʁ.mɔn/
	imperfect	marmonnais /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	marmonnais /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	marmonnait /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	marmonnions /maʁ.mɔ.njɔ̃/	marmonniez /maʁ.mɔ.nje/	marmonnaient /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	marmonnai /maʁ.mɔ.ne/	marmonnas /maʁ.mɔ.na/	marmonna /maʁ.mɔ.na/	marmonnâmes /maʁ.mɔ.nam/	marmonnâtes /maʁ.mɔ.nat/	marmonnèrent /maʁ.mɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	marmonnerai /maʁ.mɔn.ʁe/	marmonneras /maʁ.mɔn.ʁa/	marmonnera /maʁ.mɔn.ʁa/	marmonnerons /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/	marmonnerez /maʁ.mɔn.ʁe/	marmonneront /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marmonnerais /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	marmonnerais /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	marmonnerait /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	marmonnerions /maʁ.mɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	marmonneriez /maʁ.mɔ.nə.ʁje/	marmonneraient /maʁ.mɔn.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	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnes /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnions /maʁ.mɔ.njɔ̃/	marmonniez /maʁ.mɔ.nje/	marmonnent /maʁ.mɔn/
	imperfect2	marmonnasse /maʁ.mɔ.nas/	marmonnasses /maʁ.mɔ.nas/	marmonnât /maʁ.mɔ.na/	marmonnassions /maʁ.mɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	marmonnassiez /maʁ.mɔ.na.sje/	marmonnassent /maʁ.mɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	—	marmonnons /maʁ.mɔ.nɔ̃/	marmonnez /maʁ.mɔ.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).

Derived terms

• marmonnement
• marmonneur

Related terms

• murmurer

Further reading

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

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Verb

marmonner (gerund marmonn'nie)

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