zoner

See also: zôner

English

Etymology

From zone +‎ -er.

Noun

zoner (plural zoners)

1. Someone who zones things.

Anagrams

• Ozren

Danish

Noun

zoner c

1. indefinite plural of zone

French

Etymology

From zone +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zo.ne/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: zonai, zoné, zonée, zonées, zonés, zonez

Verb

zoner

1. (colloquial, intransitive) to wander around, wander about

   Synonym: errer

   On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais. ― We found the runaway, she was wandering on the docks.

2. (slang, intransitive) to sleep

   Synonyms: pieuter, pioncer

   Pendant l’hiver, on zonait chez des potes. ― During the winter, we crash at friends' places.

3. (slang, reflexive) to go to sleep, hit the hay

   Synonyms: se pieuter, se pioncer

   Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot. ― He went to hit the hay without saying a word.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zoner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zoner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zonant /zo.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zoné /zo.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zone /zon/	zones /zon/	zone /zon/	zonons /zo.nɔ̃/	zonez /zo.ne/	zonent /zon/
	imperfect	zonais /zo.nɛ/	zonais /zo.nɛ/	zonait /zo.nɛ/	zonions /zo.njɔ̃/	zoniez /zo.nje/	zonaient /zo.nɛ/
	past historic2	zonai /zo.ne/	zonas /zo.na/	zona /zo.na/	zonâmes /zo.nam/	zonâtes /zo.nat/	zonèrent /zo.nɛʁ/
	future	zonerai /zon.ʁe/	zoneras /zon.ʁa/	zonera /zon.ʁa/	zonerons /zon.ʁɔ̃/	zonerez /zon.ʁe/	zoneront /zon.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zonerais /zon.ʁɛ/	zonerais /zon.ʁɛ/	zonerait /zon.ʁɛ/	zonerions /zo.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	zoneriez /zo.nə.ʁje/	zoneraient /zon.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	zone /zon/	zones /zon/	zone /zon/	zonions /zo.njɔ̃/	zoniez /zo.nje/	zonent /zon/
	imperfect2	zonasse /zo.nas/	zonasses /zo.nas/	zonât /zo.na/	zonassions /zo.na.sjɔ̃/	zonassiez /zo.na.sje/	zonassent /zo.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zone /zon/	—	zonons /zo.nɔ̃/	zonez /zo.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

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

Swedish

Noun

zoner

1. indefinite plural of zon