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tonner
tonner
English
Noun
tonner (plural tonners)
- (in combination) A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.
French
Etymology
From Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔ.ne/
Verb
tonner (impersonal)
- (meteorology, impersonal) to thunder
- to thunder (to make a noise like thunder)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | tonner | avoir tonné | |||||
| gerund | en tonnant | en ayant tonné | |||||
| present participle | tonnant /tɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tonné /tɔ.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 | tonne /tɔn/ |
tonnes /tɔn/ |
tonne /tɔn/ |
tonnons /tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
tonnez /tɔ.ne/ |
tonnent /tɔn/ |
| imperfect | tonnais /tɔ.nɛ/ |
tonnais /tɔ.nɛ/ |
tonnait /tɔ.nɛ/ |
tonnions /tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
tonniez /tɔ.nje/ |
tonnaient /tɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | tonnai /tɔ.ne/ |
tonnas /tɔ.na/ |
tonna /tɔ.na/ |
tonnâmes /tɔ.nam/ |
tonnâtes /tɔ.nat/ |
tonnèrent /tɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | tonnerai /tɔn.ʁe/ |
tonneras /tɔn.ʁa/ |
tonnera /tɔn.ʁa/ |
tonnerons /tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
tonnerez /tɔn.ʁe/ |
tonneront /tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tonnerais /tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
tonnerais /tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
tonnerait /tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
tonnerions /tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tonneriez /tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
tonneraient /tɔn.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 | tonne /tɔn/ |
tonnes /tɔn/ |
tonne /tɔn/ |
tonnions /tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
tonniez /tɔ.nje/ |
tonnent /tɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
tonnasse /tɔ.nas/ |
tonnasses /tɔ.nas/ |
tonnât /tɔ.na/ |
tonnassions /tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
tonnassiez /tɔ.na.sje/ |
tonnassent /tɔ.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 | – | |
| — | tonne /tɔn/ |
— | tonnons /tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
tonnez /tɔ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||