sonner

See also: Sonner

French

Etymology

From Old French soner, suner, from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ne/

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Verb

sonner

1. to sound
2. to ring

   Sonner la cloche.

   Ring the bell.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sonnant /sɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sonné /sɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sonne /sɔn/	sonnes /sɔn/	sonne /sɔn/	sonnons /sɔ.nɔ̃/	sonnez /sɔ.ne/	sonnent /sɔn/
	imperfect	sonnais /sɔ.nɛ/	sonnais /sɔ.nɛ/	sonnait /sɔ.nɛ/	sonnions /sɔ.njɔ̃/	sonniez /sɔ.nje/	sonnaient /sɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	sonnai /sɔ.ne/	sonnas /sɔ.na/	sonna /sɔ.na/	sonnâmes /sɔ.nam/	sonnâtes /sɔ.nat/	sonnèrent /sɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	sonnerai /sɔn.ʁe/	sonneras /sɔn.ʁa/	sonnera /sɔn.ʁa/	sonnerons /sɔn.ʁɔ̃/	sonnerez /sɔn.ʁe/	sonneront /sɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sonnerais /sɔn.ʁɛ/	sonnerais /sɔn.ʁɛ/	sonnerait /sɔn.ʁɛ/	sonnerions /sɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	sonneriez /sɔ.nə.ʁje/	sonneraient /sɔn.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	sonne /sɔn/	sonnes /sɔn/	sonne /sɔn/	sonnions /sɔ.njɔ̃/	sonniez /sɔ.nje/	sonnent /sɔn/
	imperfect2	sonnasse /sɔ.nas/	sonnasses /sɔ.nas/	sonnât /sɔ.na/	sonnassions /sɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	sonnassiez /sɔ.na.sje/	sonnassent /sɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sonne /sɔn/	—	sonnons /sɔ.nɔ̃/	sonnez /sɔ.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).

Related terms

• son
• sonnerie

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French soner, suner, from Latin sonō, sonāre (“make a noise, sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

sonner (gerund sonn'nie)

1. (Jersey) to ring (a bell)
2. (Jersey) to play (a musical instrument)

Synonyms

• (to play): jouer

Derived terms

• sonneux (“bell ringer”)