claironner

French

Etymology

From clairon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

claironner

1. to bugle (play the bugle)
2. to holler, yell
   • 1916, “Verdun, on ne passe pas!”, performed by Eugène Joullot and Jack Cazoll:

     Mais tout à coup, le coq gaulois claironne: Cocorico, debout petits soldats!

     But out of the blue, the Gallic rooster hollers: cock-a-doodle-do, arise little soldiers!

Conjugation

Conjugation of claironner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	claironner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	claironnant /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		claironné /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	claironnes /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	claironnons /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/	claironnez /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.ne/	claironnent /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/
	imperfect	claironnais /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/	claironnais /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/	claironnait /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/	claironnions /klɛ.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/	claironniez /klɛ.ʁɔ.nje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nje/	claironnaient /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	claironnai /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.ne/	claironnas /klɛ.ʁɔ.na/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na/	claironna /klɛ.ʁɔ.na/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na/	claironnâmes /klɛ.ʁɔ.nam/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nam/	claironnâtes /klɛ.ʁɔ.nat/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nat/	claironnèrent /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	claironnerai /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁe/	claironneras /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁa/	claironnera /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁa/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁa/	claironnerons /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/	claironnerez /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁe/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁe/	claironneront /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	claironnerais /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	claironnerais /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	claironnerait /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	claironnerions /klɛ.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	claironneriez /klɛ.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/	claironneraient /klɛ.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kle.ʁɔn.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	claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	claironnes /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	claironnions /klɛ.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/	claironniez /klɛ.ʁɔ.nje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nje/	claironnent /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/
	imperfect2	claironnasse /klɛ.ʁɔ.nas/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nas/	claironnasses /klɛ.ʁɔ.nas/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nas/	claironnât /klɛ.ʁɔ.na/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na/	claironnassions /klɛ.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	claironnassiez /klɛ.ʁɔ.na.sje/ or /kle.ʁɔ.na.sje/	claironnassent /klɛ.ʁɔ.nas/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	claironne /klɛ.ʁɔn/ or /kle.ʁɔn/	—	claironnons /klɛ.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/ or /kle.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/	claironnez /klɛ.ʁɔ.ne/ or /kle.ʁɔ.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

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