ronchonner
French
Etymology
Variant of dialectal roncher, from Latin roncāre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.ne/
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Verb
ronchonner
- (intransitive) to grumble, grouse
- 2023, Fabcaro, Didier Conrad, L'iris blanc [Asterix and the White Iris] (Asterix), Vanves: Hachette, →ISBN, page 15:
- Tu pourrais au moins lui répondre au lieu de ronchonner comme un sanglier mal éduqué !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ronchonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ronchonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ronchonnant /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ronchonné /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ronchonne /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
ronchonnes /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
ronchonne /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
ronchonnons /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ronchonnez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.ne/ |
ronchonnent /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
| imperfect | ronchonnais /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɛ/ |
ronchonnais /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɛ/ |
ronchonnait /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɛ/ |
ronchonnions /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ronchonniez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nje/ |
ronchonnaient /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ronchonnai /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.ne/ |
ronchonnas /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.na/ |
ronchonna /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.na/ |
ronchonnâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nam/ |
ronchonnâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nat/ |
ronchonnèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | ronchonnerai /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁe/ |
ronchonneras /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁa/ |
ronchonnera /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁa/ |
ronchonnerons /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
ronchonnerez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁe/ |
ronchonneront /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ronchonnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronchonnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronchonnerait /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ronchonnerions /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ronchonneriez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
ronchonneraient /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn.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 | ronchonne /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
ronchonnes /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
ronchonne /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
ronchonnions /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ronchonniez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nje/ |
ronchonnent /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | ronchonnasse /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nas/ |
ronchonnasses /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nas/ |
ronchonnât /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.na/ |
ronchonnassions /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ronchonnassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.na.sje/ |
ronchonnassent /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ronchonne /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔn/ |
— | ronchonnons /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ronchonnez /ʁɔ̃.ʃɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- ronchon
- ronchonneur
- ronchonneux
Further reading
- “ronchonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.