étrenner

French

Etymology

From étrenne +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tʁɛ.ne/, /e.tʁe.ne/

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Verb

étrenner

1. to use/wear for the first time
2. (for wearing clothes) to break in
3. to be the guinea pig

Conjugation

Conjugation of étrenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	étrenner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	étrennant /e.tʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		étrenné /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	étrenne /e.tʁɛn/	étrennes /e.tʁɛn/	étrenne /e.tʁɛn/	étrennons /e.tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nɔ̃/	étrennez /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.ne/	étrennent /e.tʁɛn/
	imperfect	étrennais /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/	étrennais /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/	étrennait /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/	étrennions /e.tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.njɔ̃/	étrenniez /e.tʁɛ.nje/ or /e.tʁe.nje/	étrennaient /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛ/
	past historic2	étrennai /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.ne/	étrennas /e.tʁɛ.na/ or /e.tʁe.na/	étrenna /e.tʁɛ.na/ or /e.tʁe.na/	étrennâmes /e.tʁɛ.nam/ or /e.tʁe.nam/	étrennâtes /e.tʁɛ.nat/ or /e.tʁe.nat/	étrennèrent /e.tʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /e.tʁe.nɛʁ/
	future	étrennerai /e.tʁɛn.ʁe/	étrenneras /e.tʁɛn.ʁa/	étrennera /e.tʁɛn.ʁa/	étrennerons /e.tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/	étrennerez /e.tʁɛn.ʁe/	étrenneront /e.tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	étrennerais /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/	étrennerais /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/	étrennerait /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/	étrennerions /e.tʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	étrenneriez /e.tʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /e.tʁe.nə.ʁje/	étrenneraient /e.tʁɛn.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	étrenne /e.tʁɛn/	étrennes /e.tʁɛn/	étrenne /e.tʁɛn/	étrennions /e.tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.njɔ̃/	étrenniez /e.tʁɛ.nje/ or /e.tʁe.nje/	étrennent /e.tʁɛn/
	imperfect2	étrennasse /e.tʁɛ.nas/ or /e.tʁe.nas/	étrennasses /e.tʁɛ.nas/ or /e.tʁe.nas/	étrennât /e.tʁɛ.na/ or /e.tʁe.na/	étrennassions /e.tʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.na.sjɔ̃/	étrennassiez /e.tʁɛ.na.sje/ or /e.tʁe.na.sje/	étrennassent /e.tʁɛ.nas/ or /e.tʁe.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	étrenne /e.tʁɛn/	—	étrennons /e.tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /e.tʁe.nɔ̃/	étrennez /e.tʁɛ.ne/ or /e.tʁe.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

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