couronner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French coroner, from Latin corōnāre. By surface analysis, couronne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ʁɔ.ne/

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Verb

couronner

1. to crown

Conjugation

Conjugation of couronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	couronner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	couronnant /ku.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		couronné /ku.ʁɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	couronne /ku.ʁɔn/	couronnes /ku.ʁɔn/	couronne /ku.ʁɔn/	couronnons /ku.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/	couronnez /ku.ʁɔ.ne/	couronnent /ku.ʁɔn/
	imperfect	couronnais /ku.ʁɔ.nɛ/	couronnais /ku.ʁɔ.nɛ/	couronnait /ku.ʁɔ.nɛ/	couronnions /ku.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/	couronniez /ku.ʁɔ.nje/	couronnaient /ku.ʁɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	couronnai /ku.ʁɔ.ne/	couronnas /ku.ʁɔ.na/	couronna /ku.ʁɔ.na/	couronnâmes /ku.ʁɔ.nam/	couronnâtes /ku.ʁɔ.nat/	couronnèrent /ku.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	couronnerai /ku.ʁɔn.ʁe/	couronneras /ku.ʁɔn.ʁa/	couronnera /ku.ʁɔn.ʁa/	couronnerons /ku.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/	couronnerez /ku.ʁɔn.ʁe/	couronneront /ku.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	couronnerais /ku.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	couronnerais /ku.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	couronnerait /ku.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	couronnerions /ku.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	couronneriez /ku.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/	couronneraient /ku.ʁɔn.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	couronne /ku.ʁɔn/	couronnes /ku.ʁɔn/	couronne /ku.ʁɔn/	couronnions /ku.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/	couronniez /ku.ʁɔ.nje/	couronnent /ku.ʁɔn/
	imperfect2	couronnasse /ku.ʁɔ.nas/	couronnasses /ku.ʁɔ.nas/	couronnât /ku.ʁɔ.na/	couronnassions /ku.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	couronnassiez /ku.ʁɔ.na.sje/	couronnassent /ku.ʁɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	couronne /ku.ʁɔn/	—	couronnons /ku.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/	couronnez /ku.ʁɔ.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).

Derived terms

• couronnement
• couronner le tout

Further reading

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