ramoner
See also: ramonner
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ramoner, ramon (“broom”) + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
ramoner
- (transitive) to sweep a chimney
- 1874, Jules Verne, L’Île mystérieuse, Jules Hetzel et Cie, part 3, chapter 18, page 586; translation The Mysterious Island, translated by Agnes Kinloch Kingston part 3, chapter 18
- — On devrait bien ramoner les volcans, fit observer Nab, qui sembla parler le plus sérieusement du monde.
- "The volcanoes ought to be swept," observed Neb, who spoke as if perfectly serious.
- — On devrait bien ramoner les volcans, fit observer Nab, qui sembla parler le plus sérieusement du monde.
- 1874, Jules Verne, L’Île mystérieuse, Jules Hetzel et Cie, part 3, chapter 18, page 586; translation The Mysterious Island, translated by Agnes Kinloch Kingston part 3, chapter 18
- (vulgar) to fuck
- Je vais lui ramoner le cul.
- I'm gonna fuck her ass.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ramoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ramoner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ramonant /ʁa.mɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ramoné /ʁa.mɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ramone /ʁa.mɔn/ |
ramones /ʁa.mɔn/ |
ramone /ʁa.mɔn/ |
ramonons /ʁa.mɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ramonez /ʁa.mɔ.ne/ |
ramonent /ʁa.mɔn/ |
| imperfect | ramonais /ʁa.mɔ.nɛ/ |
ramonais /ʁa.mɔ.nɛ/ |
ramonait /ʁa.mɔ.nɛ/ |
ramonions /ʁa.mɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ramoniez /ʁa.mɔ.nje/ |
ramonaient /ʁa.mɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ramonai /ʁa.mɔ.ne/ |
ramonas /ʁa.mɔ.na/ |
ramona /ʁa.mɔ.na/ |
ramonâmes /ʁa.mɔ.nam/ |
ramonâtes /ʁa.mɔ.nat/ |
ramonèrent /ʁa.mɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | ramonerai /ʁa.mɔn.ʁe/ |
ramoneras /ʁa.mɔn.ʁa/ |
ramonera /ʁa.mɔn.ʁa/ |
ramonerons /ʁa.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
ramonerez /ʁa.mɔn.ʁe/ |
ramoneront /ʁa.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ramonerais /ʁa.mɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ramonerais /ʁa.mɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ramonerait /ʁa.mɔn.ʁɛ/ |
ramonerions /ʁa.mɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ramoneriez /ʁa.mɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
ramoneraient /ʁa.mɔn.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 | ramone /ʁa.mɔn/ |
ramones /ʁa.mɔn/ |
ramone /ʁa.mɔn/ |
ramonions /ʁa.mɔ.njɔ̃/ |
ramoniez /ʁa.mɔ.nje/ |
ramonent /ʁa.mɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | ramonasse /ʁa.mɔ.nas/ |
ramonasses /ʁa.mɔ.nas/ |
ramonât /ʁa.mɔ.na/ |
ramonassions /ʁa.mɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ramonassiez /ʁa.mɔ.na.sje/ |
ramonassent /ʁa.mɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ramone /ʁa.mɔn/ |
— | ramonons /ʁa.mɔ.nɔ̃/ |
ramonez /ʁa.mɔ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- ramonage
- ramoner
Further reading
- “ramoner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.