réveillonner

French

Etymology

From réveillon (“meal on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.ne/ ~ /ʁe.ve.jɔ.ne/

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Verb

réveillonner

1. to celebrate Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve, especially by having dinner with friends and/or family

   On va aller réveillonner chez des copains.

   We're going to have dinner at some friends' place on Christmas Eve [or on New Year's Eve].

Conjugation

Conjugation of réveillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	réveillonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	réveillonnant /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		réveillonné /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	réveillonne /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	réveillonnes /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	réveillonne /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	réveillonnons /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɔ̃/	réveillonnez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.ne/	réveillonnent /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/
	imperfect	réveillonnais /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɛ/	réveillonnais /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɛ/	réveillonnait /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɛ/	réveillonnions /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.njɔ̃/	réveillonniez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nje/	réveillonnaient /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	réveillonnai /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.ne/	réveillonnas /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.na/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.na/	réveillonna /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.na/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.na/	réveillonnâmes /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nam/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nam/	réveillonnâtes /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nat/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nat/	réveillonnèrent /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	réveillonnerai /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁe/	réveillonneras /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁa/	réveillonnera /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁa/	réveillonnerons /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/	réveillonnerez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁe/	réveillonneront /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	réveillonnerais /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁɛ/	réveillonnerais /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁɛ/	réveillonnerait /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.ʁɛ/	réveillonnerions /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	réveillonneriez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nə.ʁje/	réveillonneraient /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn.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	réveillonne /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	réveillonnes /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	réveillonne /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	réveillonnions /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.njɔ̃/	réveillonniez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nje/	réveillonnent /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/
	imperfect2	réveillonnasse /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nas/	réveillonnasses /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nas/	réveillonnât /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.na/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.na/	réveillonnassions /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	réveillonnassiez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.na.sje/	réveillonnassent /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	réveillonne /ʁe.vɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔn/	—	réveillonnons /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.nɔ̃/	réveillonnez /ʁe.vɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.ve.jɔ.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

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