boutonner

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French boutoner, botoner. By surface analysis, bouton (“button”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.tɔ.ne/

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Verb

boutonner

1. to button (to fasten with a button)

   Antonym: déboutonner (“to unbutton”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of boutonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	boutonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	boutonnant /bu.tɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		boutonné /bu.tɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	boutonne /bu.tɔn/	boutonnes /bu.tɔn/	boutonne /bu.tɔn/	boutonnons /bu.tɔ.nɔ̃/	boutonnez /bu.tɔ.ne/	boutonnent /bu.tɔn/
	imperfect	boutonnais /bu.tɔ.nɛ/	boutonnais /bu.tɔ.nɛ/	boutonnait /bu.tɔ.nɛ/	boutonnions /bu.tɔ.njɔ̃/	boutonniez /bu.tɔ.nje/	boutonnaient /bu.tɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	boutonnai /bu.tɔ.ne/	boutonnas /bu.tɔ.na/	boutonna /bu.tɔ.na/	boutonnâmes /bu.tɔ.nam/	boutonnâtes /bu.tɔ.nat/	boutonnèrent /bu.tɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	boutonnerai /bu.tɔn.ʁe/	boutonneras /bu.tɔn.ʁa/	boutonnera /bu.tɔn.ʁa/	boutonnerons /bu.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/	boutonnerez /bu.tɔn.ʁe/	boutonneront /bu.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	boutonnerais /bu.tɔn.ʁɛ/	boutonnerais /bu.tɔn.ʁɛ/	boutonnerait /bu.tɔn.ʁɛ/	boutonnerions /bu.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	boutonneriez /bu.tɔ.nə.ʁje/	boutonneraient /bu.tɔn.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	boutonne /bu.tɔn/	boutonnes /bu.tɔn/	boutonne /bu.tɔn/	boutonnions /bu.tɔ.njɔ̃/	boutonniez /bu.tɔ.nje/	boutonnent /bu.tɔn/
	imperfect2	boutonnasse /bu.tɔ.nas/	boutonnasses /bu.tɔ.nas/	boutonnât /bu.tɔ.na/	boutonnassions /bu.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	boutonnassiez /bu.tɔ.na.sje/	boutonnassent /bu.tɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	boutonne /bu.tɔn/	—	boutonnons /bu.tɔ.nɔ̃/	boutonnez /bu.tɔ.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

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