marmonner

French

Etymology

From Latin murmurāre. Compare German murren, Norwegian marma, Swedish marra. Doublet of murmurer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.mɔ.ne/

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Verb

marmonner

1. to murmur, mumble

   Synonym: marmotter

Conjugation

Conjugation of marmonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	marmonner
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	marmonnant /maʁ.mɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		marmonné /maʁ.mɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnes /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnons /maʁ.mɔ.nɔ̃/	marmonnez /maʁ.mɔ.ne/	marmonnent /maʁ.mɔn/
	imperfect	marmonnais /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	marmonnais /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	marmonnait /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/	marmonnions /maʁ.mɔ.njɔ̃/	marmonniez /maʁ.mɔ.nje/	marmonnaient /maʁ.mɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	marmonnai /maʁ.mɔ.ne/	marmonnas /maʁ.mɔ.na/	marmonna /maʁ.mɔ.na/	marmonnâmes /maʁ.mɔ.nam/	marmonnâtes /maʁ.mɔ.nat/	marmonnèrent /maʁ.mɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	marmonnerai /maʁ.mɔn.ʁe/	marmonneras /maʁ.mɔn.ʁa/	marmonnera /maʁ.mɔn.ʁa/	marmonnerons /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/	marmonnerez /maʁ.mɔn.ʁe/	marmonneront /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	marmonnerais /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	marmonnerais /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	marmonnerait /maʁ.mɔn.ʁɛ/	marmonnerions /maʁ.mɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	marmonneriez /maʁ.mɔ.nə.ʁje/	marmonneraient /maʁ.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	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnes /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	marmonnions /maʁ.mɔ.njɔ̃/	marmonniez /maʁ.mɔ.nje/	marmonnent /maʁ.mɔn/
	imperfect2	marmonnasse /maʁ.mɔ.nas/	marmonnasses /maʁ.mɔ.nas/	marmonnât /maʁ.mɔ.na/	marmonnassions /maʁ.mɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	marmonnassiez /maʁ.mɔ.na.sje/	marmonnassent /maʁ.mɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	marmonne /maʁ.mɔn/	—	marmonnons /maʁ.mɔ.nɔ̃/	marmonnez /maʁ.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: 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

• marmonnement
• marmonneur

Related terms

• murmurer

Further reading

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

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Verb

marmonner (gerund marmonn'nie)

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