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.