patronner

French

Etymology

patron +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tʁɔ.ne/

Verb

patronner

1. (transitive) to sponsor

Conjugation

Conjugation of patronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	patronner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	patronnant /pa.tʁɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		patronné /pa.tʁɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	patronne /pa.tʁɔn/	patronnes /pa.tʁɔn/	patronne /pa.tʁɔn/	patronnons /pa.tʁɔ.nɔ̃/	patronnez /pa.tʁɔ.ne/	patronnent /pa.tʁɔn/
	imperfect	patronnais /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/	patronnais /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/	patronnait /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/	patronnions /pa.tʁɔ.njɔ̃/	patronniez /pa.tʁɔ.nje/	patronnaient /pa.tʁɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	patronnai /pa.tʁɔ.ne/	patronnas /pa.tʁɔ.na/	patronna /pa.tʁɔ.na/	patronnâmes /pa.tʁɔ.nam/	patronnâtes /pa.tʁɔ.nat/	patronnèrent /pa.tʁɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	patronnerai /pa.tʁɔn.ʁe/	patronneras /pa.tʁɔn.ʁa/	patronnera /pa.tʁɔn.ʁa/	patronnerons /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/	patronnerez /pa.tʁɔn.ʁe/	patronneront /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	patronnerais /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɛ/	patronnerais /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɛ/	patronnerait /pa.tʁɔn.ʁɛ/	patronnerions /pa.tʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	patronneriez /pa.tʁɔ.nə.ʁje/	patronneraient /pa.tʁɔn.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	patronne /pa.tʁɔn/	patronnes /pa.tʁɔn/	patronne /pa.tʁɔn/	patronnions /pa.tʁɔ.njɔ̃/	patronniez /pa.tʁɔ.nje/	patronnent /pa.tʁɔn/
	imperfect2	patronnasse /pa.tʁɔ.nas/	patronnasses /pa.tʁɔ.nas/	patronnât /pa.tʁɔ.na/	patronnassions /pa.tʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	patronnassiez /pa.tʁɔ.na.sje/	patronnassent /pa.tʁɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	patronne /pa.tʁɔn/	—	patronnons /pa.tʁɔ.nɔ̃/	patronnez /pa.tʁɔ.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

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