rayonner

French

Etymology

From rayon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.jɔ.ne/ ~ /ʁe.jɔ.ne/

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Verb

rayonner

1. to radiate, to spread out

Conjugation

Conjugation of rayonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rayonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rayonnant /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rayonné /ʁɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.jɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rayonne /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	rayonnes /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	rayonne /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	rayonnons /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɔ̃/	rayonnez /ʁɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.jɔ.ne/	rayonnent /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/
	imperfect	rayonnais /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɛ/	rayonnais /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɛ/	rayonnait /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɛ/	rayonnions /ʁɛ.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.njɔ̃/	rayonniez /ʁɛ.jɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nje/	rayonnaient /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	rayonnai /ʁɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.jɔ.ne/	rayonnas /ʁɛ.jɔ.na/ or /ʁe.jɔ.na/	rayonna /ʁɛ.jɔ.na/ or /ʁe.jɔ.na/	rayonnâmes /ʁɛ.jɔ.nam/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nam/	rayonnâtes /ʁɛ.jɔ.nat/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nat/	rayonnèrent /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	rayonnerai /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁe/	rayonneras /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁa/	rayonnera /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁa/	rayonnerons /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/	rayonnerez /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁe/	rayonneront /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rayonnerais /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁɛ/	rayonnerais /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁɛ/	rayonnerait /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔn.ʁɛ/	rayonnerions /ʁɛ.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	rayonneriez /ʁɛ.jɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nə.ʁje/	rayonneraient /ʁɛ.jɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.jɔn.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	rayonne /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	rayonnes /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	rayonne /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	rayonnions /ʁɛ.jɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.njɔ̃/	rayonniez /ʁɛ.jɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nje/	rayonnent /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/
	imperfect2	rayonnasse /ʁɛ.jɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nas/	rayonnasses /ʁɛ.jɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nas/	rayonnât /ʁɛ.jɔ.na/ or /ʁe.jɔ.na/	rayonnassions /ʁɛ.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	rayonnassiez /ʁɛ.jɔ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.jɔ.na.sje/	rayonnassent /ʁɛ.jɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rayonne /ʁɛ.jɔn/ or /ʁe.jɔn/	—	rayonnons /ʁɛ.jɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ.nɔ̃/	rayonnez /ʁɛ.jɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.jɔ.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

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