étonner
See also: êtonner
French
Etymology
From Middle French estonner, from Old French estoner (“to be dizzy due to a violent blow”), of obscure origin. Possibly from Old Frankish *stunōn (“to make a loud sound”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną (“to make a sound, groan”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ten- (“to thunder, rustle, drone, groan”). Cognate with Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound”) (see stun); or from a hypothetical Latin *extonare (“to thunder out”) from ex (“out”) + tonare (“to thunder”), ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root; or a fusion of both.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tɔ.ne/
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Verb
étonner
- to surprise
Conjugation
Conjugation of étonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | étonner | avoir étonné | |||||
| gerund | en étonnant | en ayant étonné | |||||
| present participle | étonnant /e.tɔ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | étonné /e.tɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | étonne /e.tɔn/ |
étonnes /e.tɔn/ |
étonne /e.tɔn/ |
étonnons /e.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
étonnez /e.tɔ.ne/ |
étonnent /e.tɔn/ |
| imperfect | étonnais /e.tɔ.nɛ/ |
étonnais /e.tɔ.nɛ/ |
étonnait /e.tɔ.nɛ/ |
étonnions /e.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
étonniez /e.tɔ.nje/ |
étonnaient /e.tɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | étonnai /e.tɔ.ne/ |
étonnas /e.tɔ.na/ |
étonna /e.tɔ.na/ |
étonnâmes /e.tɔ.nam/ |
étonnâtes /e.tɔ.nat/ |
étonnèrent /e.tɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | étonnerai /e.tɔn.ʁe/ |
étonneras /e.tɔn.ʁa/ |
étonnera /e.tɔn.ʁa/ |
étonnerons /e.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
étonnerez /e.tɔn.ʁe/ |
étonneront /e.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | étonnerais /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
étonnerais /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
étonnerait /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/ |
étonnerions /e.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étonneriez /e.tɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
étonneraient /e.tɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | étonne /e.tɔn/ |
étonnes /e.tɔn/ |
étonne /e.tɔn/ |
étonnions /e.tɔ.njɔ̃/ |
étonniez /e.tɔ.nje/ |
étonnent /e.tɔn/ |
| imperfect1 | étonnasse /e.tɔ.nas/ |
étonnasses /e.tɔ.nas/ |
étonnât /e.tɔ.na/ |
étonnassions /e.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
étonnassiez /e.tɔ.na.sje/ |
étonnassent /e.tɔ.nas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | étonne /e.tɔn/ |
— | étonnons /e.tɔ.nɔ̃/ |
étonnez /e.tɔ.ne/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “étonner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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