hiverner

French

Etymology

From Latin hībernāre, present active infinitive of hībernō. Compare the borrowed doublet hiberner.

Pronunciation
  • (mute h) IPA(key): /i.vɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

hiverner

  1. (intransitive, of a boat, or animal) to winter, hibernate (to spend the winter in a certain place, especially for warmth)

Conjugation
Conjugation of hiverner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple hiverner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple hivernant
/i.vɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle hiverné
/i.vɛʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present hiverne
/i.vɛʁn/		 hivernes
/i.vɛʁn/		 hiverne
/i.vɛʁn/		 hivernons
/i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 hivernez
/i.vɛʁ.ne/		 hivernent
/i.vɛʁn/
imperfect hivernais
/i.vɛʁ.nɛ/		 hivernais
/i.vɛʁ.nɛ/		 hivernait
/i.vɛʁ.nɛ/		 hivernions
/i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 hiverniez
/i.vɛʁ.nje/		 hivernaient
/i.vɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 hivernai
/i.vɛʁ.ne/		 hivernas
/i.vɛʁ.na/		 hiverna
/i.vɛʁ.na/		 hivernâmes
/i.vɛʁ.nam/		 hivernâtes
/i.vɛʁ.nat/		 hivernèrent
/i.vɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future hivernerai
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 hiverneras
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 hivernera
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 hivernerons
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 hivernerez
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 hiverneront
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional hivernerais
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 hivernerais
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 hivernerait
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 hivernerions
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 hiverneriez
/i.vɛʁ.nə.ʁje/		 hiverneraient
/i.vɛʁ.nə.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 hiverne
/i.vɛʁn/		 hivernes
/i.vɛʁn/		 hiverne
/i.vɛʁn/		 hivernions
/i.vɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 hiverniez
/i.vɛʁ.nje/		 hivernent
/i.vɛʁn/
imperfect2 hivernasse
/i.vɛʁ.nas/		 hivernasses
/i.vɛʁ.nas/		 hivernât
/i.vɛʁ.na/		 hivernassions
/i.vɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 hivernassiez
/i.vɛʁ.na.sje/		 hivernassent
/i.vɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — hiverne
/i.vɛʁn/		 — hivernons
/i.vɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 hivernez
/i.vɛʁ.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).

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