bourdonner

French

Etymology

From bourdon (“bumblebee”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.dɔ.ne/

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Verb

bourdonner

1. to buzz, drone

   Synonym: zonzonner

Conjugation

Conjugation of bourdonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bourdonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bourdonnant /buʁ.dɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bourdonné /buʁ.dɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/	bourdonnes /buʁ.dɔn/	bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/	bourdonnons /buʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/	bourdonnez /buʁ.dɔ.ne/	bourdonnent /buʁ.dɔn/
	imperfect	bourdonnais /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/	bourdonnais /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/	bourdonnait /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/	bourdonnions /buʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/	bourdonniez /buʁ.dɔ.nje/	bourdonnaient /buʁ.dɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	bourdonnai /buʁ.dɔ.ne/	bourdonnas /buʁ.dɔ.na/	bourdonna /buʁ.dɔ.na/	bourdonnâmes /buʁ.dɔ.nam/	bourdonnâtes /buʁ.dɔ.nat/	bourdonnèrent /buʁ.dɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	bourdonnerai /buʁ.dɔn.ʁe/	bourdonneras /buʁ.dɔn.ʁa/	bourdonnera /buʁ.dɔn.ʁa/	bourdonnerons /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/	bourdonnerez /buʁ.dɔn.ʁe/	bourdonneront /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bourdonnerais /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/	bourdonnerais /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/	bourdonnerait /buʁ.dɔn.ʁɛ/	bourdonnerions /buʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	bourdonneriez /buʁ.dɔ.nə.ʁje/	bourdonneraient /buʁ.dɔn.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	bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/	bourdonnes /buʁ.dɔn/	bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/	bourdonnions /buʁ.dɔ.njɔ̃/	bourdonniez /buʁ.dɔ.nje/	bourdonnent /buʁ.dɔn/
	imperfect2	bourdonnasse /buʁ.dɔ.nas/	bourdonnasses /buʁ.dɔ.nas/	bourdonnât /buʁ.dɔ.na/	bourdonnassions /buʁ.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	bourdonnassiez /buʁ.dɔ.na.sje/	bourdonnassent /buʁ.dɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bourdonne /buʁ.dɔn/	—	bourdonnons /buʁ.dɔ.nɔ̃/	bourdonnez /buʁ.dɔ.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).

Further reading

• “bourdonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norman

Etymology

bourdon (“bumblebee”) +‎ -er

Verb

bourdonner

1. (Jersey) to buzz