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étrenner
étrenner
French
Verb
étrenner
- to use/wear for the first time
- (for wearing clothes) to break in
- to be the guinea pig
Conjugation
Conjugation of étrenner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | étrenner | avoir étrenné | |||||
| gerund | en étrennant | en ayant étrenné | |||||
| present participle | étrennant /e.tʁɛ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | étrenné /e.tʁɛ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ |
étrennes /e.tʁɛn/ |
étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ |
étrennons /e.tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
étrennez /e.tʁɛ.ne/ |
étrennent /e.tʁɛn/ |
| imperfect | étrennais /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
étrennais /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
étrennait /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
étrennions /e.tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
étrenniez /e.tʁɛ.nje/ |
étrennaient /e.tʁɛ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | étrennai /e.tʁɛ.ne/ |
étrennas /e.tʁɛ.na/ |
étrenna /e.tʁɛ.na/ |
étrennâmes /e.tʁɛ.nam/ |
étrennâtes /e.tʁɛ.nat/ |
étrennèrent /e.tʁɛ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | étrennerai /e.tʁɛn.ʁe/ |
étrenneras /e.tʁɛn.ʁa/ |
étrennera /e.tʁɛn.ʁa/ |
étrennerons /e.tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
étrennerez /e.tʁɛn.ʁe/ |
étrenneront /e.tʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | étrennerais /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
étrennerais /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
étrennerait /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
étrennerions /e.tʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
étrenneriez /e.tʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
étrenneraient /e.tʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ |
étrennes /e.tʁɛn/ |
étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ |
étrennions /e.tʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
étrenniez /e.tʁɛ.nje/ |
étrennent /e.tʁɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
étrennasse /e.tʁɛ.nas/ |
étrennasses /e.tʁɛ.nas/ |
étrennât /e.tʁɛ.na/ |
étrennassions /e.tʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
étrennassiez /e.tʁɛ.na.sje/ |
étrennassent /e.tʁɛ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | étrenne /e.tʁɛn/ |
— | étrennons /e.tʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
étrennez /e.tʁɛ.ne/ |
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