tonner

English

Noun

tonner (plural tonners)

1. (in combination) A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons

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French

Etymology

From Latin tonāre, present active infinitive of tonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔ.ne/

• tonner

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Verb

tonner (impersonal)

1. (meteorology, impersonal) to thunder
2. to thunder (to make a noise like thunder)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tonner			avoir tonné
gerund		en tonnant			en ayant tonné
present participle		tonnant
past participle		tonné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tonne	tonnes	tonne	tonnons	tonnez	tonnent
	imperfect	tonnais	tonnais	tonnait	tonnions	tonniez	tonnaient
	past historic1	tonnai	tonnas	tonna	tonnâmes	tonnâtes	tonnèrent
	future	tonnerai	tonneras	tonnera	tonnerons	tonnerez	tonneront
	conditional	tonnerais	tonnerais	tonnerait	tonnerions	tonneriez	tonneraient
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	tonnes	tonne	tonnions	tonniez	tonnent
	imperfect1	tonnasse	tonnasses	tonnât	tonnassions	tonnassiez	tonnassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	tonne	—	tonnons	tonnez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• tonnerre