festonner

French

Etymology

From feston +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

festonner

1. to festoon

Conjugation

Conjugation of festonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	festonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	festonnant /fɛs.tɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		festonné /fɛs.tɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	festonne /fɛs.tɔn/	festonnes /fɛs.tɔn/	festonne /fɛs.tɔn/	festonnons /fɛs.tɔ.nɔ̃/	festonnez /fɛs.tɔ.ne/	festonnent /fɛs.tɔn/
	imperfect	festonnais /fɛs.tɔ.nɛ/	festonnais /fɛs.tɔ.nɛ/	festonnait /fɛs.tɔ.nɛ/	festonnions /fɛs.tɔ.njɔ̃/	festonniez /fɛs.tɔ.nje/	festonnaient /fɛs.tɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	festonnai /fɛs.tɔ.ne/	festonnas /fɛs.tɔ.na/	festonna /fɛs.tɔ.na/	festonnâmes /fɛs.tɔ.nam/	festonnâtes /fɛs.tɔ.nat/	festonnèrent /fɛs.tɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	festonnerai /fɛs.tɔn.ʁe/	festonneras /fɛs.tɔn.ʁa/	festonnera /fɛs.tɔn.ʁa/	festonnerons /fɛs.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/	festonnerez /fɛs.tɔn.ʁe/	festonneront /fɛs.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	festonnerais /fɛs.tɔn.ʁɛ/	festonnerais /fɛs.tɔn.ʁɛ/	festonnerait /fɛs.tɔn.ʁɛ/	festonnerions /fɛs.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	festonneriez /fɛs.tɔ.nə.ʁje/	festonneraient /fɛs.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	festonne /fɛs.tɔn/	festonnes /fɛs.tɔn/	festonne /fɛs.tɔn/	festonnions /fɛs.tɔ.njɔ̃/	festonniez /fɛs.tɔ.nje/	festonnent /fɛs.tɔn/
	imperfect2	festonnasse /fɛs.tɔ.nas/	festonnasses /fɛs.tɔ.nas/	festonnât /fɛs.tɔ.na/	festonnassions /fɛs.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	festonnassiez /fɛs.tɔ.na.sje/	festonnassent /fɛs.tɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	festonne /fɛs.tɔn/	—	festonnons /fɛs.tɔ.nɔ̃/	festonnez /fɛs.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

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