zonzonner

French

Etymology

From zonzon (“buzzing”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/

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Verb

zonzonner

1. (rare) to buzz

   Synonym: bourdonner

Conjugation

Conjugation of zonzonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zonzonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zonzonnant /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zonzonné /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/	zonzonnes /zɔ̃.zɔn/	zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/	zonzonnons /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɔ̃/	zonzonnez /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/	zonzonnent /zɔ̃.zɔn/
	imperfect	zonzonnais /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/	zonzonnais /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/	zonzonnait /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/	zonzonnions /zɔ̃.zɔ.njɔ̃/	zonzonniez /zɔ̃.zɔ.nje/	zonzonnaient /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	zonzonnai /zɔ̃.zɔ.ne/	zonzonnas /zɔ̃.zɔ.na/	zonzonna /zɔ̃.zɔ.na/	zonzonnâmes /zɔ̃.zɔ.nam/	zonzonnâtes /zɔ̃.zɔ.nat/	zonzonnèrent /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	zonzonnerai /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁe/	zonzonneras /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁa/	zonzonnera /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁa/	zonzonnerons /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/	zonzonnerez /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁe/	zonzonneront /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zonzonnerais /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɛ/	zonzonnerais /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɛ/	zonzonnerait /zɔ̃.zɔn.ʁɛ/	zonzonnerions /zɔ̃.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	zonzonneriez /zɔ̃.zɔ.nə.ʁje/	zonzonneraient /zɔ̃.zɔn.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	zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/	zonzonnes /zɔ̃.zɔn/	zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/	zonzonnions /zɔ̃.zɔ.njɔ̃/	zonzonniez /zɔ̃.zɔ.nje/	zonzonnent /zɔ̃.zɔn/
	imperfect2	zonzonnasse /zɔ̃.zɔ.nas/	zonzonnasses /zɔ̃.zɔ.nas/	zonzonnât /zɔ̃.zɔ.na/	zonzonnassions /zɔ̃.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	zonzonnassiez /zɔ̃.zɔ.na.sje/	zonzonnassent /zɔ̃.zɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zonzonne /zɔ̃.zɔn/	—	zonzonnons /zɔ̃.zɔ.nɔ̃/	zonzonnez /zɔ̃.zɔ.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

• zonzonnement

References

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