jongler

French

Etymology

From an alteration of Old French jogler, from Latin ioculārī, and influenced by Old French jangler (“to entertain”), itself from Frankish *jangalon.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡle/
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Verb

jongler

  1. to juggle
  2. (dated) to entertain
  3. (Louisiana) to think, to ponder
  4. (Louisiana) to daydream

Conjugation
Conjugation of jongler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple jongler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple jonglant
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle jonglé
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 jongles
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 jonglons
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɔ̃/		 jonglez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/		 jonglent
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/
imperfect jonglais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/		 jonglais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/		 jonglait
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/		 jonglions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/		 jongliez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.je/		 jonglaient
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛ/
past historic2 jonglai
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/		 jonglas
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla/		 jongla
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla/		 jonglâmes
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlam/		 jonglâtes
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlat/		 jonglèrent
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɛʁ/
future jonglerai
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/		 jongleras
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/		 jonglera
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁa/		 jonglerons
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/		 jonglerez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁe/		 jongleront
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional jonglerais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/		 jonglerais
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/		 jonglerait
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁɛ/		 jonglerions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁjɔ̃/		 jongleriez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.ʁje/		 jongleraient
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlə.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 jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 jongles
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 jonglions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/		 jongliez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡli.je/		 jonglent
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/
imperfect2 jonglasse
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/		 jonglasses
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/		 jonglât
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla/		 jonglassions
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla.sjɔ̃/		 jonglassiez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡla.sje/		 jonglassent
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — jongle
/ʒɔ̃ɡl/		 — jonglons
/ʒɔ̃.ɡlɔ̃/		 jonglez
/ʒɔ̃.ɡle/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jongleur.

Noun

jongler m (plural jongleri)

  1. juggler

Declension
Declension of jongler
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) jongler jonglerul (niște) jongleri jonglerii
genitive/dative (unui) jongler jonglerului (unor) jongleri jonglerilor
vocative jonglerule jonglerilor
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