pelotonner

French

Etymology

From peloton +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

pelotonner

1. (transitive) to wind up into a ball
2. (reflexive) to curl up into a ball

Conjugation

Conjugation of pelotonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pelotonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pelotonnant /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pelotonné /pə.lɔ.tɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pelotonne /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	pelotonnes /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	pelotonne /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	pelotonnons /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɔ̃/	pelotonnez /pə.lɔ.tɔ.ne/	pelotonnent /pə.lɔ.tɔn/
	imperfect	pelotonnais /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɛ/	pelotonnais /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɛ/	pelotonnait /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɛ/	pelotonnions /pə.lɔ.tɔ.njɔ̃/	pelotonniez /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nje/	pelotonnaient /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	pelotonnai /pə.lɔ.tɔ.ne/	pelotonnas /pə.lɔ.tɔ.na/	pelotonna /pə.lɔ.tɔ.na/	pelotonnâmes /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nam/	pelotonnâtes /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nat/	pelotonnèrent /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	pelotonnerai /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁe/	pelotonneras /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁa/	pelotonnera /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁa/	pelotonnerons /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/	pelotonnerez /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁe/	pelotonneront /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pelotonnerais /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁɛ/	pelotonnerais /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁɛ/	pelotonnerait /pə.lɔ.tɔn.ʁɛ/	pelotonnerions /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	pelotonneriez /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nə.ʁje/	pelotonneraient /pə.lɔ.tɔn.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	pelotonne /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	pelotonnes /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	pelotonne /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	pelotonnions /pə.lɔ.tɔ.njɔ̃/	pelotonniez /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nje/	pelotonnent /pə.lɔ.tɔn/
	imperfect2	pelotonnasse /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nas/	pelotonnasses /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nas/	pelotonnât /pə.lɔ.tɔ.na/	pelotonnassions /pə.lɔ.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	pelotonnassiez /pə.lɔ.tɔ.na.sje/	pelotonnassent /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pelotonne /pə.lɔ.tɔn/	—	pelotonnons /pə.lɔ.tɔ.nɔ̃/	pelotonnez /pə.lɔ.tɔ.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

• se pelotonner

Further reading

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