fanfaronner

French

Etymology

From fanfaron +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/
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Verb

fanfaronner

  1. to boast, swagger

Conjugation

Conjugation of fanfaronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fanfaronner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fanfaronnant
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fanfaronné
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		fanfaronnes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		fanfaronnons
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ 		fanfaronnez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/ 		fanfaronnent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/
imperfect fanfaronnais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/ 		fanfaronnais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/ 		fanfaronnait
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/ 		fanfaronnions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ 		fanfaronniez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nje/ 		fanfaronnaient
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 fanfaronnai
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/ 		fanfaronnas
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na/ 		fanfaronna
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na/ 		fanfaronnâmes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nam/ 		fanfaronnâtes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nat/ 		fanfaronnèrent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/
future fanfaronnerai
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁe/ 		fanfaronneras
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁa/ 		fanfaronnera
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁa/ 		fanfaronnerons
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		fanfaronnerez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁe/ 		fanfaronneront
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fanfaronnerais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ 		fanfaronnerais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ 		fanfaronnerait
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ 		fanfaronnerions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fanfaronneriez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		fanfaronneraient
/fɑ̃.fa.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 fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		fanfaronnes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		fanfaronnions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ 		fanfaronniez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nje/ 		fanfaronnent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/
imperfect2 fanfaronnasse
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nas/ 		fanfaronnasses
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nas/ 		fanfaronnât
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na/ 		fanfaronnassions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		fanfaronnassiez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na.sje/ 		fanfaronnassent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/ 		— fanfaronnons
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ 		fanfaronnez
/fɑ̃.fa.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:
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).

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