hiverner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hībernāre. Compare the borrowed doublet hiberner.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.vɛʁ.ne/

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Verb

hiverner

1. (intransitive, of a boat, or animal) to winter, hibernate (to spend the winter in a certain place, especially for warmth)

Conjugation

Conjugation of hiverner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	hiverner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	hivernant /i.vɛʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		hiverné /i.vɛʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	hiverne /i.vɛʁn/	hivernes /i.vɛʁn/	hiverne /i.vɛʁn/	hivernons /i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/	hivernez /i.vɛʁ.ne/	hivernent /i.vɛʁn/
	imperfect	hivernais /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/	hivernais /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/	hivernait /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/	hivernions /i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/	hiverniez /i.vɛʁ.nje/	hivernaient /i.vɛʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	hivernai /i.vɛʁ.ne/	hivernas /i.vɛʁ.na/	hiverna /i.vɛʁ.na/	hivernâmes /i.vɛʁ.nam/	hivernâtes /i.vɛʁ.nat/	hivernèrent /i.vɛʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	hivernerai /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	hiverneras /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	hivernera /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/	hivernerons /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	hivernerez /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/	hiverneront /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	hivernerais /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	hivernerais /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	hivernerait /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	hivernerions /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	hiverneriez /i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁje/	hiverneraient /i.vɛʁ.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	hiverne /i.vɛʁn/	hivernes /i.vɛʁn/	hiverne /i.vɛʁn/	hivernions /i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/	hiverniez /i.vɛʁ.nje/	hivernent /i.vɛʁn/
	imperfect2	hivernasse /i.vɛʁ.nas/	hivernasses /i.vɛʁ.nas/	hivernât /i.vɛʁ.na/	hivernassions /i.vɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	hivernassiez /i.vɛʁ.na.sje/	hivernassent /i.vɛʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	hiverne /i.vɛʁn/	—	hivernons /i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/	hivernez /i.vɛʁ.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).

Related terms

• hiver

Further reading

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