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

• jongleur
• jonglage
• jonglerie

Further reading

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

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