plafonner

French

Etymology

From plafond +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

plafonner

  1. (transitive) to cap (put an upper limit on)
  2. (intransitive) to reach one's upper limit

Conjugation

Conjugation of plafonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple plafonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple plafonnant
/pla.fɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle plafonné
/pla.fɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present plafonne
/pla.fɔn/ 		plafonnes
/pla.fɔn/ 		plafonne
/pla.fɔn/ 		plafonnons
/pla.fɔ.nɔ̃/ 		plafonnez
/pla.fɔ.ne/ 		plafonnent
/pla.fɔn/
imperfect plafonnais
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/ 		plafonnais
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/ 		plafonnait
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/ 		plafonnions
/pla.fɔ.njɔ̃/ 		plafonniez
/pla.fɔ.nje/ 		plafonnaient
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 plafonnai
/pla.fɔ.ne/ 		plafonnas
/pla.fɔ.na/ 		plafonna
/pla.fɔ.na/ 		plafonnâmes
/pla.fɔ.nam/ 		plafonnâtes
/pla.fɔ.nat/ 		plafonnèrent
/pla.fɔ.nɛʁ/
future plafonnerai
/pla.fɔn.ʁe/ 		plafonneras
/pla.fɔn.ʁa/ 		plafonnera
/pla.fɔn.ʁa/ 		plafonnerons
/pla.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/ 		plafonnerez
/pla.fɔn.ʁe/ 		plafonneront
/pla.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional plafonnerais
/pla.fɔn.ʁɛ/ 		plafonnerais
/pla.fɔn.ʁɛ/ 		plafonnerait
/pla.fɔn.ʁɛ/ 		plafonnerions
/pla.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		plafonneriez
/pla.fɔ.nə.ʁje/ 		plafonneraient
/pla.fɔn.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 plafonne
/pla.fɔn/ 		plafonnes
/pla.fɔn/ 		plafonne
/pla.fɔn/ 		plafonnions
/pla.fɔ.njɔ̃/ 		plafonniez
/pla.fɔ.nje/ 		plafonnent
/pla.fɔn/
imperfect2 plafonnasse
/pla.fɔ.nas/ 		plafonnasses
/pla.fɔ.nas/ 		plafonnât
/pla.fɔ.na/ 		plafonnassions
/pla.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		plafonnassiez
/pla.fɔ.na.sje/ 		plafonnassent
/pla.fɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — plafonne
/pla.fɔn/ 		— plafonnons
/pla.fɔ.nɔ̃/ 		plafonnez
/pla.fɔ.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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