klaxonner

French

Etymology

From klaxon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klak.sɔ.ne/

Verb

klaxonner

1. to honk (sound a horn)

Conjugation

Conjugation of klaxonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	klaxonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	klaxonnant /klak.sɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		klaxonné /klak.sɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	klaxonne /klak.sɔn/	klaxonnes /klak.sɔn/	klaxonne /klak.sɔn/	klaxonnons /klak.sɔ.nɔ̃/	klaxonnez /klak.sɔ.ne/	klaxonnent /klak.sɔn/
	imperfect	klaxonnais /klak.sɔ.nɛ/	klaxonnais /klak.sɔ.nɛ/	klaxonnait /klak.sɔ.nɛ/	klaxonnions /klak.sɔ.njɔ̃/	klaxonniez /klak.sɔ.nje/	klaxonnaient /klak.sɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	klaxonnai /klak.sɔ.ne/	klaxonnas /klak.sɔ.na/	klaxonna /klak.sɔ.na/	klaxonnâmes /klak.sɔ.nam/	klaxonnâtes /klak.sɔ.nat/	klaxonnèrent /klak.sɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	klaxonnerai /klak.sɔn.ʁe/	klaxonneras /klak.sɔn.ʁa/	klaxonnera /klak.sɔn.ʁa/	klaxonnerons /klak.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/	klaxonnerez /klak.sɔn.ʁe/	klaxonneront /klak.sɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	klaxonnerais /klak.sɔn.ʁɛ/	klaxonnerais /klak.sɔn.ʁɛ/	klaxonnerait /klak.sɔn.ʁɛ/	klaxonnerions /klak.sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	klaxonneriez /klak.sɔ.nə.ʁje/	klaxonneraient /klak.sɔn.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	klaxonne /klak.sɔn/	klaxonnes /klak.sɔn/	klaxonne /klak.sɔn/	klaxonnions /klak.sɔ.njɔ̃/	klaxonniez /klak.sɔ.nje/	klaxonnent /klak.sɔn/
	imperfect2	klaxonnasse /klak.sɔ.nas/	klaxonnasses /klak.sɔ.nas/	klaxonnât /klak.sɔ.na/	klaxonnassions /klak.sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	klaxonnassiez /klak.sɔ.na.sje/	klaxonnassent /klak.sɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	klaxonne /klak.sɔn/	—	klaxonnons /klak.sɔ.nɔ̃/	klaxonnez /klak.sɔ.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

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