éperonner

French

Etymology

From Old French esperoner, corresponding to éperon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.pʁɔ.ne/

• Audio:

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Verb

éperonner

1. (transitive) to spur (hit a horse with a spur)
2. (transitive) to spur on
3. (nautical, transitive) to ram (to use a ram to hit another ship)

Conjugation

Conjugation of éperonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	éperonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	éperonnant /e.pʁɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		éperonné /e.pʁɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	éperonne /e.pʁɔn/	éperonnes /e.pʁɔn/	éperonne /e.pʁɔn/	éperonnons /e.pʁɔ.nɔ̃/	éperonnez /e.pʁɔ.ne/	éperonnent /e.pʁɔn/
	imperfect	éperonnais /e.pʁɔ.nɛ/	éperonnais /e.pʁɔ.nɛ/	éperonnait /e.pʁɔ.nɛ/	éperonnions /e.pʁɔ.njɔ̃/	éperonniez /e.pʁɔ.nje/	éperonnaient /e.pʁɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	éperonnai /e.pʁɔ.ne/	éperonnas /e.pʁɔ.na/	éperonna /e.pʁɔ.na/	éperonnâmes /e.pʁɔ.nam/	éperonnâtes /e.pʁɔ.nat/	éperonnèrent /e.pʁɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	éperonnerai /e.pʁɔn.ʁe/	éperonneras /e.pʁɔn.ʁa/	éperonnera /e.pʁɔn.ʁa/	éperonnerons /e.pʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/	éperonnerez /e.pʁɔn.ʁe/	éperonneront /e.pʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	éperonnerais /e.pʁɔn.ʁɛ/	éperonnerais /e.pʁɔn.ʁɛ/	éperonnerait /e.pʁɔn.ʁɛ/	éperonnerions /e.pʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	éperonneriez /e.pʁɔ.nə.ʁje/	éperonneraient /e.pʁɔn.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	éperonne /e.pʁɔn/	éperonnes /e.pʁɔn/	éperonne /e.pʁɔn/	éperonnions /e.pʁɔ.njɔ̃/	éperonniez /e.pʁɔ.nje/	éperonnent /e.pʁɔn/
	imperfect2	éperonnasse /e.pʁɔ.nas/	éperonnasses /e.pʁɔ.nas/	éperonnât /e.pʁɔ.na/	éperonnassions /e.pʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	éperonnassiez /e.pʁɔ.na.sje/	éperonnassent /e.pʁɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	éperonne /e.pʁɔn/	—	éperonnons /e.pʁɔ.nɔ̃/	éperonnez /e.pʁɔ.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

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