fanfaronner

French

Etymology

From fanfaron +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/
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Verb

fanfaronner

  1. to boast, swagger

Conjugation
Conjugation of fanfaronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fanfaronner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fanfaronnant
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fanfaronné
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 fanfaronnes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 fanfaronnons
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/		 fanfaronnez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/		 fanfaronnent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/
imperfect fanfaronnais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/		 fanfaronnais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/		 fanfaronnait
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/		 fanfaronnions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/		 fanfaronniez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nje/		 fanfaronnaient
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 fanfaronnai
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.ne/		 fanfaronnas
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na/		 fanfaronna
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na/		 fanfaronnâmes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nam/		 fanfaronnâtes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nat/		 fanfaronnèrent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/
future fanfaronnerai
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁe/		 fanfaronneras
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁa/		 fanfaronnera
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁa/		 fanfaronnerons
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 fanfaronnerez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁe/		 fanfaronneront
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fanfaronnerais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/		 fanfaronnerais
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/		 fanfaronnerait
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/		 fanfaronnerions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fanfaronneriez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/		 fanfaronneraient
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn.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 fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 fanfaronnes
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 fanfaronnions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/		 fanfaronniez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nje/		 fanfaronnent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/
imperfect2 fanfaronnasse
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nas/		 fanfaronnasses
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nas/		 fanfaronnât
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na/		 fanfaronnassions
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 fanfaronnassiez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.na.sje/		 fanfaronnassent
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fanfaronne
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔn/		 — fanfaronnons
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/		 fanfaronnez
/fɑ̃.fa.ʁɔ.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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