ronronner

French

Etymology

From ronron +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/

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Verb

ronronner

1. to purr

Conjugation

Conjugation of ronronner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ronronner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ronronnant /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ronronné /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/	ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/	ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/
	imperfect	ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/	ronronnais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/	ronronnait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/	ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/	ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/	ronronnaient /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	ronronnai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.ne/	ronronnas /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/	ronronna /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/	ronronnâmes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nam/	ronronnâtes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nat/	ronronnèrent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	ronronnerai /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/	ronronneras /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/	ronronnera /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁa/	ronronnerons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/	ronronnerez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁe/	ronronneront /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	ronronnerais /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	ronronnerait /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn.ʁɛ/	ronronnerions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	ronronneriez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nə.ʁje/	ronronneraient /ʁɔ̃.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	ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	ronronnes /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	ronronnions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.njɔ̃/	ronronniez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nje/	ronronnent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/
	imperfect2	ronronnasse /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/	ronronnasses /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/	ronronnât /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na/	ronronnassions /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	ronronnassiez /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.na.sje/	ronronnassent /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ronronne /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔn/	—	ronronnons /ʁɔ̃.ʁɔ.nɔ̃/	ronronnez /ʁɔ̃.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).

Derived terms

• ronronnement

Further reading

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