tonitruer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin tonitruō, from tonitrus (“thunder”) (whence tonnerre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/

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Verb

tonitruer

1. (intransitive) to thunder, crack (make a sound like thunder)
2. (intransitive) to thunder (scream loudly and harshly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonitruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tonitruer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tonitruant /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tonitrué /tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tonitrue /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	tonitrues /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	tonitrue /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	tonitruons /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɔ̃/	tonitruez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/	tonitruent /tɔ.ni.tʁy/
	imperfect	tonitruais /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɛ/	tonitruais /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɛ/	tonitruait /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɛ/	tonitruions /tɔ.ni.tʁy.jɔ̃/	tonitruiez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.je/	tonitruaient /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɛ/
	past historic2	tonitruai /tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/	tonitruas /tɔ.ni.tʁy.a/	tonitrua /tɔ.ni.tʁy.a/	tonitruâmes /tɔ.ni.tʁy.am/	tonitruâtes /tɔ.ni.tʁy.at/	tonitruèrent /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɛʁ/
	future	tonitruerai /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁe/	tonitrueras /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁa/	tonitruera /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁa/	tonitruerons /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁɔ̃/	tonitruerez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁe/	tonitrueront /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tonitruerais /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁɛ/	tonitruerais /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁɛ/	tonitruerait /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁɛ/	tonitruerions /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁjɔ̃/	tonitrueriez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ʁje/	tonitrueraient /tɔ.ni.tʁy.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	tonitrue /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	tonitrues /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	tonitrue /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	tonitruions /tɔ.ni.tʁy.jɔ̃/	tonitruiez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.je/	tonitruent /tɔ.ni.tʁy/
	imperfect2	tonitruasse /tɔ.ni.tʁy.as/	tonitruasses /tɔ.ni.tʁy.as/	tonitruât /tɔ.ni.tʁy.a/	tonitruassions /tɔ.ni.tʁy.a.sjɔ̃/	tonitruassiez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.a.sje/	tonitruassent /tɔ.ni.tʁy.as/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tonitrue /tɔ.ni.tʁy/	—	tonitruons /tɔ.ni.tʁy.ɔ̃/	tonitruez /tɔ.ni.tʁy.e/	—
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

• tonitruant

Further reading

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