ânonner

See also: annoner

French

Etymology

From ânon (“young donkey”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.ne/, /ɑ.nɔ.ne/

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Verb

ânonner

1. to stumble through (a reading, lesson etc.)
2. to drone on, to recite monotonously

Conjugation

Conjugation of ânonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ânonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ânonnant /a.nɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ânonné /a.nɔ.ne/ or /ɑ.nɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ânonne /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	ânonnes /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	ânonne /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	ânonnons /a.nɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɔ̃/	ânonnez /a.nɔ.ne/ or /ɑ.nɔ.ne/	ânonnent /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/
	imperfect	ânonnais /a.nɔ.nɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɛ/	ânonnais /a.nɔ.nɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɛ/	ânonnait /a.nɔ.nɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɛ/	ânonnions /a.nɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.njɔ̃/	ânonniez /a.nɔ.nje/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nje/	ânonnaient /a.nɔ.nɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	ânonnai /a.nɔ.ne/ or /ɑ.nɔ.ne/	ânonnas /a.nɔ.na/ or /ɑ.nɔ.na/	ânonna /a.nɔ.na/ or /ɑ.nɔ.na/	ânonnâmes /a.nɔ.nam/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nam/	ânonnâtes /a.nɔ.nat/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nat/	ânonnèrent /a.nɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	ânonnerai /a.nɔn.ʁe/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁe/	ânonneras /a.nɔn.ʁa/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁa/	ânonnera /a.nɔn.ʁa/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁa/	ânonnerons /a.nɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁɔ̃/	ânonnerez /a.nɔn.ʁe/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁe/	ânonneront /a.nɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ânonnerais /a.nɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁɛ/	ânonnerais /a.nɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁɛ/	ânonnerait /a.nɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔn.ʁɛ/	ânonnerions /a.nɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	ânonneriez /a.nɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nə.ʁje/	ânonneraient /a.nɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ.nɔn.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	ânonne /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	ânonnes /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	ânonne /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	ânonnions /a.nɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.njɔ̃/	ânonniez /a.nɔ.nje/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nje/	ânonnent /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/
	imperfect2	ânonnasse /a.nɔ.nas/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nas/	ânonnasses /a.nɔ.nas/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nas/	ânonnât /a.nɔ.na/ or /ɑ.nɔ.na/	ânonnassions /a.nɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	ânonnassiez /a.nɔ.na.sje/ or /ɑ.nɔ.na.sje/	ânonnassent /a.nɔ.nas/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ânonne /a.nɔn/ or /ɑ.nɔn/	—	ânonnons /a.nɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɑ.nɔ.nɔ̃/	ânonnez /a.nɔ.ne/ or /ɑ.nɔ.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

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