pistonner
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
pistonner
- (transitive, informal) to put in a good word for somebody, to pull strings for somebody (apply influence)
- S'il ne m'avait pas pistonné, je n'aurais jamais obtenu ce job.
Conjugation
Conjugation of pistonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pistonner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pistonnant /pis.tɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pistonné /pis.tɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pistonne /pis.tɔn/ |
pistonnes /pis.tɔn/ |
pistonne /pis.tɔn/ |
pistonnons /pis.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
pistonnez /pis.tɔ.ne/ |
pistonnent /pis.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | pistonnais /pis.tɔ.nɛ/ |
pistonnais /pis.tɔ.nɛ/ |
pistonnait /pis.tɔ.nɛ/ |
pistonnions /pis.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
pistonniez /pis.tɔ.nje/ |
pistonnaient /pis.tɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pistonnai /pis.tɔ.ne/ |
pistonnas /pis.tɔ.na/ |
pistonna /pis.tɔ.na/ |
pistonnâmes /pis.tɔ.nam/ |
pistonnâtes /pis.tɔ.nat/ |
pistonnèrent /pis.tɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | pistonnerai /pis.tɔn.ʁe/ |
pistonneras /pis.tɔn.ʁa/ |
pistonnera /pis.tɔn.ʁa/ |
pistonnerons /pis.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
pistonnerez /pis.tɔn.ʁe/ |
pistonneront /pis.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pistonnerais /pis.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pistonnerais /pis.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pistonnerait /pis.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
pistonnerions /pis.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pistonneriez /pis.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
pistonneraient /pis.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 | pistonne /pis.tɔn/ |
pistonnes /pis.tɔn/ |
pistonne /pis.tɔn/ |
pistonnions /pis.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
pistonniez /pis.tɔ.nje/ |
pistonnent /pis.tɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | pistonnasse /pis.tɔ.nas/ |
pistonnasses /pis.tɔ.nas/ |
pistonnât /pis.tɔ.na/ |
pistonnassions /pis.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
pistonnassiez /pis.tɔ.na.sje/ |
pistonnassent /pis.tɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pistonne /pis.tɔn/ |
— | pistonnons /pis.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
pistonnez /pis.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “pistonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.