prôner

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From prône (“sermon”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pʁo.ne/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Verb[edit]

prôner

  1. (transitive) to extol, praise, laud
  2. (transitive) to recommend, advocate
    • 2022 April 11, Adrien Sénécat, William Audureau, “Marine Le Pen et Emmanuel Macron, deux programmes diamétralement opposés”, in Le Monde‎[1]:
      Les deux finalistes du second tour partagent certaines convergences de vue sur l’économie. Ainsi, tous les deux prônent une politique économique tantôt libérale, tantôt interventionniste.
      The two finalists in the second round agree on some issues concerning the economy. Both of them advocate an economic policy which is sometimes liberal and sometimes interventionist.
  3. (archaic) to preach a sermon

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of prôner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple prôner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple prônant
/pʁo.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle prôné
/pʁo.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present prône
/pʁon/ 		prônes
/pʁon/ 		prône
/pʁon/ 		prônons
/pʁo.nɔ̃/ 		prônez
/pʁo.ne/ 		prônent
/pʁon/
imperfect prônais
/pʁo.nɛ/ 		prônais
/pʁo.nɛ/ 		prônait
/pʁo.nɛ/ 		prônions
/pʁo.njɔ̃/ 		prôniez
/pʁo.nje/ 		prônaient
/pʁo.nɛ/
past historic2 prônai
/pʁo.ne/ 		prônas
/pʁo.na/ 		prôna
/pʁo.na/ 		prônâmes
/pʁo.nam/ 		prônâtes
/pʁo.nat/ 		prônèrent
/pʁo.nɛʁ/
future prônerai
/pʁon.ʁe/ 		prôneras
/pʁon.ʁa/ 		prônera
/pʁon.ʁa/ 		prônerons
/pʁon.ʁɔ̃/ 		prônerez
/pʁon.ʁe/ 		prôneront
/pʁon.ʁɔ̃/
conditional prônerais
/pʁon.ʁɛ/ 		prônerais
/pʁon.ʁɛ/ 		prônerait
/pʁon.ʁɛ/ 		prônerions
/pʁo.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		prôneriez
/pʁo.nə.ʁje/ 		prôneraient
/pʁon.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 prône
/pʁon/ 		prônes
/pʁon/ 		prône
/pʁon/ 		prônions
/pʁo.njɔ̃/ 		prôniez
/pʁo.nje/ 		prônent
/pʁon/
imperfect2 prônasse
/pʁo.nas/ 		prônasses
/pʁo.nas/ 		prônât
/pʁo.na/ 		prônassions
/pʁo.na.sjɔ̃/ 		prônassiez
/pʁo.na.sje/ 		prônassent
/pʁo.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — prône
/pʁon/ 		— prônons
/pʁo.nɔ̃/ 		prônez
/pʁo.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).

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Verb[edit]

prôner

  1. (Jersey) to murmur

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