papillonner

French

Etymology

From papillon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.pi.jɔ.ne/
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Verb

papillonner

  1. (intransitive) to flit (from one to another)

Conjugation
Conjugation of papillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple papillonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple papillonnant
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle papillonné
/pa.pi.jɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present papillonne
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 papillonnes
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 papillonne
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 papillonnons
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɔ̃/		 papillonnez
/pa.pi.jɔ.ne/		 papillonnent
/pa.pi.jɔn/
imperfect papillonnais
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/		 papillonnais
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/		 papillonnait
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/		 papillonnions
/pa.pi.jɔ.njɔ̃/		 papillonniez
/pa.pi.jɔ.nje/		 papillonnaient
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 papillonnai
/pa.pi.jɔ.ne/		 papillonnas
/pa.pi.jɔ.na/		 papillonna
/pa.pi.jɔ.na/		 papillonnâmes
/pa.pi.jɔ.nam/		 papillonnâtes
/pa.pi.jɔ.nat/		 papillonnèrent
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɛʁ/
future papillonnerai
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁe/		 papillonneras
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁa/		 papillonnera
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁa/		 papillonnerons
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 papillonnerez
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁe/		 papillonneront
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional papillonnerais
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɛ/		 papillonnerais
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɛ/		 papillonnerait
/pa.pi.jɔn.ʁɛ/		 papillonnerions
/pa.pi.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 papillonneriez
/pa.pi.jɔ.nə.ʁje/		 papillonneraient
/pa.pi.jɔn.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 papillonne
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 papillonnes
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 papillonne
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 papillonnions
/pa.pi.jɔ.njɔ̃/		 papillonniez
/pa.pi.jɔ.nje/		 papillonnent
/pa.pi.jɔn/
imperfect2 papillonnasse
/pa.pi.jɔ.nas/		 papillonnasses
/pa.pi.jɔ.nas/		 papillonnât
/pa.pi.jɔ.na/		 papillonnassions
/pa.pi.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 papillonnassiez
/pa.pi.jɔ.na.sje/		 papillonnassent
/pa.pi.jɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — papillonne
/pa.pi.jɔn/		 — papillonnons
/pa.pi.jɔ.nɔ̃/		 papillonnez
/pa.pi.jɔ.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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