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Importuner
Imˊpor-tun′er
,Noun.
One who importunes.
Definition 2024
importuner
importuner
French
Verb
importuner
- to importune, to annoy
- Ah, ils m’enquiquinent, sortir du bain pour les Petites Sœurs des Pauvres ou quoi ? (Louis Aragon, Théâtre, Gallimard, 1974, p. 261)
Conjugation
Conjugation of importuner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | importuner | avoir importuné | |||||
| gerund | en importunant | en ayant importuné | |||||
| present participle | importunant /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | importuné /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | importune /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
importunes /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
importune /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
importunons /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɔ̃/ |
importunez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.ne/ |
importunent /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
| imperfect | importunais /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɛ/ |
importunais /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɛ/ |
importunait /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɛ/ |
importunions /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.njɔ̃/ |
importuniez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nje/ |
importunaient /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | importunai /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.ne/ |
importunas /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.na/ |
importuna /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.na/ |
importunâmes /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nam/ |
importunâtes /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nat/ |
importunèrent /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | importunerai /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁe/ |
importuneras /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁa/ |
importunera /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁa/ |
importunerons /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁɔ̃/ |
importunerez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁe/ |
importuneront /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | importunerais /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁɛ/ |
importunerais /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁɛ/ |
importunerait /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁɛ/ |
importunerions /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
importuneriez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nə.ʁje/ |
importuneraient /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | importune /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
importunes /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
importune /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
importunions /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.njɔ̃/ |
importuniez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nje/ |
importunent /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
| imperfect1 |
importunasse /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nas/ |
importunasses /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nas/ |
importunât /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.na/ |
importunassions /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.na.sjɔ̃/ |
importunassiez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.na.sje/ |
importunassent /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | importune /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tyn/ |
— | importunons /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.nɔ̃/ |
importunez /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.ty.ne/ |
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Synonyms
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
importuner
- to bother
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of importuner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | importuner | avoir importuné | |||||
| gerund | en importunant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | importunant | ||||||
| past participle | importuné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | importune | importunes | importune | importunons | importunez | importunent |
| imperfect | importunois, importunoys | importunois, importunoys | importunoit, importunoyt | importunions, importunyons | importuniez, importunyez | importunoient, importunoyent | |
| past historic | importuna | importunas | importuna | importunasmes | importunastes | importunerent | |
| future | importunerai, importuneray | importuneras | importunera | importunerons | importunerez | importuneront | |
| conditional | importunerois, importuneroys | importunerois, importuneroys | importuneroit, importuneroyt | importunerions, importuneryons | importuneriez, importuneryez | importuneroient, importuneroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | importune | importunes | importune | importunons | importunez | importunent |
| imperfect | importunasse | importunasses | importunast | importunassions | importunassiez | importunassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | importune | — | importunons | importunez | — | ||