sillonner

French

Etymology

From sillon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.jɔ.ne/
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Verb

sillonner

  1. to crisscross; cut across; furrow; to go back and forth (across)
  2. (figuratively) to leave traces of one's passage or way

Conjugation
Conjugation of sillonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple sillonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sillonnant
/si.jɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle sillonné
/si.jɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sillonne
/si.jɔn/		 sillonnes
/si.jɔn/		 sillonne
/si.jɔn/		 sillonnons
/si.jɔ.nɔ̃/		 sillonnez
/si.jɔ.ne/		 sillonnent
/si.jɔn/
imperfect sillonnais
/si.jɔ.nɛ/		 sillonnais
/si.jɔ.nɛ/		 sillonnait
/si.jɔ.nɛ/		 sillonnions
/si.jɔ.njɔ̃/		 sillonniez
/si.jɔ.nje/		 sillonnaient
/si.jɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 sillonnai
/si.jɔ.ne/		 sillonnas
/si.jɔ.na/		 sillonna
/si.jɔ.na/		 sillonnâmes
/si.jɔ.nam/		 sillonnâtes
/si.jɔ.nat/		 sillonnèrent
/si.jɔ.nɛʁ/
future sillonnerai
/si.jɔn.ʁe/		 sillonneras
/si.jɔn.ʁa/		 sillonnera
/si.jɔn.ʁa/		 sillonnerons
/si.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 sillonnerez
/si.jɔn.ʁe/		 sillonneront
/si.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional sillonnerais
/si.jɔn.ʁɛ/		 sillonnerais
/si.jɔn.ʁɛ/		 sillonnerait
/si.jɔn.ʁɛ/		 sillonnerions
/si.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 sillonneriez
/si.jɔ.nə.ʁje/		 sillonneraient
/si.jɔn.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 sillonne
/si.jɔn/		 sillonnes
/si.jɔn/		 sillonne
/si.jɔn/		 sillonnions
/si.jɔ.njɔ̃/		 sillonniez
/si.jɔ.nje/		 sillonnent
/si.jɔn/
imperfect2 sillonnasse
/si.jɔ.nas/		 sillonnasses
/si.jɔ.nas/		 sillonnât
/si.jɔ.na/		 sillonnassions
/si.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 sillonnassiez
/si.jɔ.na.sje/		 sillonnassent
/si.jɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sillonne
/si.jɔn/		 — sillonnons
/si.jɔ.nɔ̃/		 sillonnez
/si.jɔ.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).

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