chantonner

French

Etymology

From chanter ‎ -on ‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/

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Verb

chantonner

1. (transitive, intransitive) (singing) to sing or hum (to oneself)

Conjugation

Conjugation of chantonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	chantonner
	compound	avoir past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	chantonnant /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant past participle
past participle		chantonné /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	chantonnes /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	chantonnons /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɔ̃/	chantonnez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/	chantonnent /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/
	imperfect	chantonnais /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/	chantonnais /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/	chantonnait /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/	chantonnions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.njɔ̃/	chantonniez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nje/	chantonnaient /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	chantonnai /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.ne/	chantonnas /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na/	chantonna /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na/	chantonnâmes /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nam/	chantonnâtes /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nat/	chantonnèrent /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	chantonnerai /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁe/	chantonneras /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁa/	chantonnera /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁa/	chantonnerons /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/	chantonnerez /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁe/	chantonneront /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	chantonnerais /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɛ/	chantonnerais /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɛ/	chantonnerait /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.ʁɛ/	chantonnerions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	chantonneriez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nə.ʁje/	chantonneraient /ʃɑ̃.tɔn.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	chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	chantonnes /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	chantonnions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.njɔ̃/	chantonniez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nje/	chantonnent /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/
	imperfect2	chantonnasse /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nas/	chantonnasses /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nas/	chantonnât /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na/	chantonnassions /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	chantonnassiez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.na.sje/	chantonnassent /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	chantonne /ʃɑ̃.tɔn/	—	chantonnons /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.nɔ̃/	chantonnez /ʃɑ̃.tɔ.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).

Further reading

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