bichonner
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bichon (“lap dog”) + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bichonner
- (transitive) to attend to a person's appearance and clothing; groom, titivate
- Elle aime bichonner sa petite fille.
- She loves to dress up her little girl.
- (pronominal, colloquial) to groom oneself, primp
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of se bichonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | se bichonner | |||||
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compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | se bichonnant /sə bi.ʃɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bichonné /bi.ʃɔ.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me bichonne /mə bi.ʃɔn/ |
te bichonnes /tə bi.ʃɔn/ |
se bichonne /sə bi.ʃɔn/ |
nous bichonnons /nu bi.ʃɔ.nɔ̃/ |
vous bichonnez /vu bi.ʃɔ.ne/ |
se bichonnent /sə bi.ʃɔn/ |
imperfect | me bichonnais /mə bi.ʃɔ.nɛ/ |
te bichonnais /tə bi.ʃɔ.nɛ/ |
se bichonnait /sə bi.ʃɔ.nɛ/ |
nous bichonnions /nu bi.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ |
vous bichonniez /vu bi.ʃɔ.nje/ |
se bichonnaient /sə bi.ʃɔ.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | me bichonnai /mə bi.ʃɔ.ne/ |
te bichonnas /tə bi.ʃɔ.na/ |
se bichonna /sə bi.ʃɔ.na/ |
nous bichonnâmes /nu bi.ʃɔ.nam/ |
vous bichonnâtes /vu bi.ʃɔ.nat/ |
se bichonnèrent /sə bi.ʃɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
future | me bichonnerai /mə bi.ʃɔn.ʁe/ |
te bichonneras /tə bi.ʃɔn.ʁa/ |
se bichonnera /sə bi.ʃɔn.ʁa/ |
nous bichonnerons /nu bi.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous bichonnerez /vu bi.ʃɔn.ʁe/ |
se bichonneront /sə bi.ʃɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | me bichonnerais /mə bi.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ |
te bichonnerais /tə bi.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ |
se bichonnerait /sə bi.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ |
nous bichonnerions /nu bi.ʃɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous bichonneriez /vu bi.ʃɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
se bichonneraient /sə bi.ʃɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | me bichonne /mə bi.ʃɔn/ |
te bichonnes /tə bi.ʃɔn/ |
se bichonne /sə bi.ʃɔn/ |
nous bichonnions /nu bi.ʃɔ.njɔ̃/ |
vous bichonniez /vu bi.ʃɔ.nje/ |
se bichonnent /sə bi.ʃɔn/ |
imperfect2 | me bichonnasse /mə bi.ʃɔ.nas/ |
te bichonnasses /tə bi.ʃɔ.nas/ |
se bichonnât /sə bi.ʃɔ.na/ |
nous bichonnassions /nu bi.ʃɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
vous bichonnassiez /vu bi.ʃɔ.na.sje/ |
se bichonnassent /sə bi.ʃɔ.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bichonne-toi /bi.ʃɔn.twa/ |
— | bichonnons-nous /bi.ʃɔ.nɔ̃.nu/ |
bichonnez-vous /bi.ʃɔ.ne.vu/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
[edit]- “bichonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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