ronronner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/
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Verb
ronronner
- (intransitive, of a cat) to purr (to make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ronronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ronronner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ronronnant /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ronronné /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ |
ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
| imperfect | ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
ronronnait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ |
ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ |
ronronnaient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ronronnai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/ |
ronronnas /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ |
ronronna /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ |
ronronnâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nam/ |
ronronnâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nat/ |
ronronnèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | ronronnerai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ |
ronronneras /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ |
ronronnera /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/ |
ronronnerons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
ronronnerez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/ |
ronronneront /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronronnerait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronronnerions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ronronneriez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
ronronneraient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.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 | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/ |
ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | ronronnasse /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ |
ronronnasses /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ |
ronronnât /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/ |
ronronnassions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ronronnassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sje/ |
ronronnassent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/ |
— | ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “ronronner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.