pouponner

French

Etymology

From poupon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.pɔ.ne/

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Verb

pouponner

1. to dote
2. to look after a baby

Conjugation

Conjugation of pouponner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pouponner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pouponnant /pu.pɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pouponné /pu.pɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pouponne /pu.pɔn/	pouponnes /pu.pɔn/	pouponne /pu.pɔn/	pouponnons /pu.pɔ.nɔ̃/	pouponnez /pu.pɔ.ne/	pouponnent /pu.pɔn/
	imperfect	pouponnais /pu.pɔ.nɛ/	pouponnais /pu.pɔ.nɛ/	pouponnait /pu.pɔ.nɛ/	pouponnions /pu.pɔ.njɔ̃/	pouponniez /pu.pɔ.nje/	pouponnaient /pu.pɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	pouponnai /pu.pɔ.ne/	pouponnas /pu.pɔ.na/	pouponna /pu.pɔ.na/	pouponnâmes /pu.pɔ.nam/	pouponnâtes /pu.pɔ.nat/	pouponnèrent /pu.pɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	pouponnerai /pu.pɔn.ʁe/	pouponneras /pu.pɔn.ʁa/	pouponnera /pu.pɔn.ʁa/	pouponnerons /pu.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/	pouponnerez /pu.pɔn.ʁe/	pouponneront /pu.pɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pouponnerais /pu.pɔn.ʁɛ/	pouponnerais /pu.pɔn.ʁɛ/	pouponnerait /pu.pɔn.ʁɛ/	pouponnerions /pu.pɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	pouponneriez /pu.pɔ.nə.ʁje/	pouponneraient /pu.pɔn.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	pouponne /pu.pɔn/	pouponnes /pu.pɔn/	pouponne /pu.pɔn/	pouponnions /pu.pɔ.njɔ̃/	pouponniez /pu.pɔ.nje/	pouponnent /pu.pɔn/
	imperfect2	pouponnasse /pu.pɔ.nas/	pouponnasses /pu.pɔ.nas/	pouponnât /pu.pɔ.na/	pouponnassions /pu.pɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	pouponnassiez /pu.pɔ.na.sje/	pouponnassent /pu.pɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pouponne /pu.pɔn/	—	pouponnons /pu.pɔ.nɔ̃/	pouponnez /pu.pɔ.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).

Derived terms

• pouponnière

Further reading

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