hiberner

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin hībernāre. Doublet of hiverner.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (mute h) IPA(key): /i.bɛʁ.ne/
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Verb[edit]

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[edit]

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).

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Verb[edit]

hīberner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of hībernō
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