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zoner
zoner
See also: zôner
French
Etymology
From zone.
Pronunciation
Verb
zoner
- (colloquial, intransitive) to wander around, wander about
- On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais.
- (slang, intransitive) to sleep
- Pendant l'hiver, on zonait chez des potes.
- (slang, reflexive) to go to sleep, hit the hay
- Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot.
Synonyms
- wander around: errer
- to sleep: pieuter, pioncer
- (reflexive) to go to sleep: se pieuter, se pioncer
Conjugation
Conjugation of zoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | zoner | avoir zoné | |||||
| gerund | en zonant | en ayant zoné | |||||
| present participle | zonant /zɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | zoné /zɔ.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 | zone /zɔn/ |
zones /zɔn/ |
zone /zɔn/ |
zonons /zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
zonez /zɔ.ne/ |
zonent /zɔn/ |
| imperfect | zonais /zɔ.nɛ/ |
zonais /zɔ.nɛ/ |
zonait /zɔ.nɛ/ |
zonions /zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
zoniez /zɔ.nje/ |
zonaient /zɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | zonai /zɔ.ne/ |
zonas /zɔ.na/ |
zona /zɔ.na/ |
zonâmes /zɔ.nam/ |
zonâtes /zɔ.nat/ |
zonèrent /zɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | zonerai /zɔn.ʁe/ |
zoneras /zɔn.ʁa/ |
zonera /zɔn.ʁa/ |
zonerons /zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
zonerez /zɔn.ʁe/ |
zoneront /zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | zonerais /zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
zonerais /zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
zonerait /zɔn.ʁɛ/ |
zonerions /zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
zoneriez /zɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
zoneraient /zɔn.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 | zone /zɔn/ |
zones /zɔn/ |
zone /zɔn/ |
zonions /zɔ.njɔ̃/ |
zoniez /zɔ.nje/ |
zonent /zɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
zonasse /zɔ.nas/ |
zonasses /zɔ.nas/ |
zonât /zɔ.na/ |
zonassions /zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
zonassiez /zɔ.na.sje/ |
zonassent /zɔ.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 | – | |
| — | zone /zɔn/ |
— | zonons /zɔ.nɔ̃/ |
zonez /zɔ.ne/ |
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