bourgeonner

French

Etymology

From bourgeon + er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.ʒɔ.ne/

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Verb

bourgeonner

1. (botany) to bud (of plant, to sprout buds)
2. (medicine) to granulate; to have pimples, spots

Conjugation

Conjugation of bourgeonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bourgeonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bourgeonnant /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bourgeonné /buʁ.ʒɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bourgeonne /buʁ.ʒɔn/	bourgeonnes /buʁ.ʒɔn/	bourgeonne /buʁ.ʒɔn/	bourgeonnons /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɔ̃/	bourgeonnez /buʁ.ʒɔ.ne/	bourgeonnent /buʁ.ʒɔn/
	imperfect	bourgeonnais /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɛ/	bourgeonnais /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɛ/	bourgeonnait /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɛ/	bourgeonnions /buʁ.ʒɔ.njɔ̃/	bourgeonniez /buʁ.ʒɔ.nje/	bourgeonnaient /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	bourgeonnai /buʁ.ʒɔ.ne/	bourgeonnas /buʁ.ʒɔ.na/	bourgeonna /buʁ.ʒɔ.na/	bourgeonnâmes /buʁ.ʒɔ.nam/	bourgeonnâtes /buʁ.ʒɔ.nat/	bourgeonnèrent /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	bourgeonnerai /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁe/	bourgeonneras /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁa/	bourgeonnera /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁa/	bourgeonnerons /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁɔ̃/	bourgeonnerez /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁe/	bourgeonneront /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bourgeonnerais /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/	bourgeonnerais /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/	bourgeonnerait /buʁ.ʒɔn.ʁɛ/	bourgeonnerions /buʁ.ʒɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	bourgeonneriez /buʁ.ʒɔ.nə.ʁje/	bourgeonneraient /buʁ.ʒɔn.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	bourgeonne /buʁ.ʒɔn/	bourgeonnes /buʁ.ʒɔn/	bourgeonne /buʁ.ʒɔn/	bourgeonnions /buʁ.ʒɔ.njɔ̃/	bourgeonniez /buʁ.ʒɔ.nje/	bourgeonnent /buʁ.ʒɔn/
	imperfect2	bourgeonnasse /buʁ.ʒɔ.nas/	bourgeonnasses /buʁ.ʒɔ.nas/	bourgeonnât /buʁ.ʒɔ.na/	bourgeonnassions /buʁ.ʒɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	bourgeonnassiez /buʁ.ʒɔ.na.sje/	bourgeonnassent /buʁ.ʒɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bourgeonne /buʁ.ʒɔn/	—	bourgeonnons /buʁ.ʒɔ.nɔ̃/	bourgeonnez /buʁ.ʒɔ.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

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