phoner

English

Etymology

From phone +‎ -er.

Noun

phoner (plural phoners)

1. One who phones.
   • 2007 February 15, David Pogue, “Freedom for Prisoners of Voice Mail”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The company plans to offer better deals for frequent phoners — including an unlimited plan — in the coming months.

2. (informal) A broadcast interview conducted by telephone.

Synonyms

• (one who phones): caller, telephoner

Derived terms

• stage-phoner

 

Anagrams

• Orphne, nephro-, phreno-

French

Etymology

From English phone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.ne/

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Verb

phoner

1. to ring, call, phone

   Synonym: téléphoner

Conjugation

Conjugation of phoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	phoner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	phonant /fɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		phoné /fɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	phone /fɔn/	phones /fɔn/	phone /fɔn/	phonons /fɔ.nɔ̃/	phonez /fɔ.ne/	phonent /fɔn/
	imperfect	phonais /fɔ.nɛ/	phonais /fɔ.nɛ/	phonait /fɔ.nɛ/	phonions /fɔ.njɔ̃/	phoniez /fɔ.nje/	phonaient /fɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	phonai /fɔ.ne/	phonas /fɔ.na/	phona /fɔ.na/	phonâmes /fɔ.nam/	phonâtes /fɔ.nat/	phonèrent /fɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	phonerai /fɔn.ʁe/	phoneras /fɔn.ʁa/	phonera /fɔn.ʁa/	phonerons /fɔn.ʁɔ̃/	phonerez /fɔn.ʁe/	phoneront /fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	phonerais /fɔn.ʁɛ/	phonerais /fɔn.ʁɛ/	phonerait /fɔn.ʁɛ/	phonerions /fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	phoneriez /fɔ.nə.ʁje/	phoneraient /fɔn.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	phone /fɔn/	phones /fɔn/	phone /fɔn/	phonions /fɔ.njɔ̃/	phoniez /fɔ.nje/	phonent /fɔn/
	imperfect2	phonasse /fɔ.nas/	phonasses /fɔ.nas/	phonât /fɔ.na/	phonassions /fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	phonassiez /fɔ.na.sje/	phonassent /fɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	phone /fɔn/	—	phonons /fɔ.nɔ̃/	phonez /fɔ.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).