papillonner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.pi.jɔ.ne/
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Verb
papillonner
- (intransitive) to flit (from one to another)
Conjugation
Conjugation of papillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | papillonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | papillonnant /pa.pi.jɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | papillonné /pa.pi.jɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | papillonne /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
papillonnes /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
papillonne /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
papillonnons /pa.pi.jɔ.nɔ̃/ |
papillonnez /pa.pi.jɔ.ne/ |
papillonnent /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
| imperfect | papillonnais /pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/ |
papillonnais /pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/ |
papillonnait /pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/ |
papillonnions /pa.pi.jɔ.njɔ̃/ |
papillonniez /pa.pi.jɔ.nje/ |
papillonnaient /pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | papillonnai /pa.pi.jɔ.ne/ |
papillonnas /pa.pi.jɔ.na/ |
papillonna /pa.pi.jɔ.na/ |
papillonnâmes /pa.pi.jɔ.nam/ |
papillonnâtes /pa.pi.jɔ.nat/ |
papillonnèrent /pa.pi.jɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | papillonnerai /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁe/ |
papillonneras /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁa/ |
papillonnera /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁa/ |
papillonnerons /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
papillonnerez /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁe/ |
papillonneront /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | papillonnerais /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ |
papillonnerais /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ |
papillonnerait /pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɛ/ |
papillonnerions /pa.pi.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
papillonneriez /pa.pi.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
papillonneraient /pa.pi.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 | papillonne /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
papillonnes /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
papillonne /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
papillonnions /pa.pi.jɔ.njɔ̃/ |
papillonniez /pa.pi.jɔ.nje/ |
papillonnent /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | papillonnasse /pa.pi.jɔ.nas/ |
papillonnasses /pa.pi.jɔ.nas/ |
papillonnât /pa.pi.jɔ.na/ |
papillonnassions /pa.pi.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
papillonnassiez /pa.pi.jɔ.na.sje/ |
papillonnassent /pa.pi.jɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | papillonne /pa.pi.jɔn/ |
— | papillonnons /pa.pi.jɔ.nɔ̃/ |
papillonnez /pa.pi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “papillonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.