hiberner

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hībernō. Doublet of hiverner.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.bɛʁ.ne/

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Verb

hiberner

1. to hibernate (to spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hiberner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hiberner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hibernant /i.bɛʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hiberné /i.bɛʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hiberne /i.bɛʁn/	hibernes /i.bɛʁn/	hiberne /i.bɛʁn/	hibernons /i.bɛʁ.nɔ̃/	hibernez /i.bɛʁ.ne/	hibernent /i.bɛʁn/
	imperfect	hibernais /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/	hibernais /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/	hibernait /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/	hibernions /i.bɛʁ.njɔ̃/	hiberniez /i.bɛʁ.nje/	hibernaient /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	hibernai /i.bɛʁ.ne/	hibernas /i.bɛʁ.na/	hiberna /i.bɛʁ.na/	hibernâmes /i.bɛʁ.nam/	hibernâtes /i.bɛʁ.nat/	hibernèrent /i.bɛʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	hibernerai /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	hiberneras /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	hibernera /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	hibernerons /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	hibernerez /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	hiberneront /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hibernerais /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	hibernerais /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	hibernerait /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	hibernerions /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	hiberneriez /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁje/	hiberneraient /i.bɛʁ.nə.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	hiberne /i.bɛʁn/	hibernes /i.bɛʁn/	hiberne /i.bɛʁn/	hibernions /i.bɛʁ.njɔ̃/	hiberniez /i.bɛʁ.nje/	hibernent /i.bɛʁn/
	imperfect2	hibernasse /i.bɛʁ.nas/	hibernasses /i.bɛʁ.nas/	hibernât /i.bɛʁ.na/	hibernassions /i.bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	hibernassiez /i.bɛʁ.na.sje/	hibernassent /i.bɛʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hiberne /i.bɛʁn/	—	hibernons /i.bɛʁ.nɔ̃/	hibernez /i.bɛʁ.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

• hibernation

Related terms

• hiver

See also

• passer l’hiver
• prendre ses quartiers d’hiver

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) hīberner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of hībernō