plafonner

French

Etymology

From plafond +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Verb

plafonner

  1. (transitive) to cap (put an upper limit on)
  2. (intransitive) to reach one's upper limit

Conjugation
Conjugation of plafonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple plafonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple plafonnant
/pla.fɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle plafonné
/pla.fɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present plafonne
/pla.fɔn/		 plafonnes
/pla.fɔn/		 plafonne
/pla.fɔn/		 plafonnons
/pla.fɔ.nɔ̃/		 plafonnez
/pla.fɔ.ne/		 plafonnent
/pla.fɔn/
imperfect plafonnais
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/		 plafonnais
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/		 plafonnait
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/		 plafonnions
/pla.fɔ.njɔ̃/		 plafonniez
/pla.fɔ.nje/		 plafonnaient
/pla.fɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 plafonnai
/pla.fɔ.ne/		 plafonnas
/pla.fɔ.na/		 plafonna
/pla.fɔ.na/		 plafonnâmes
/pla.fɔ.nam/		 plafonnâtes
/pla.fɔ.nat/		 plafonnèrent
/pla.fɔ.nɛʁ/
future plafonnerai
/pla.fɔn.ʁe/		 plafonneras
/pla.fɔn.ʁa/		 plafonnera
/pla.fɔn.ʁa/		 plafonnerons
/pla.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 plafonnerez
/pla.fɔn.ʁe/		 plafonneront
/pla.fɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional plafonnerais
/pla.fɔn.ʁɛ/		 plafonnerais
/pla.fɔn.ʁɛ/		 plafonnerait
/pla.fɔn.ʁɛ/		 plafonnerions
/pla.fɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 plafonneriez
/pla.fɔ.nə.ʁje/		 plafonneraient
/pla.fɔn.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 plafonne
/pla.fɔn/		 plafonnes
/pla.fɔn/		 plafonne
/pla.fɔn/		 plafonnions
/pla.fɔ.njɔ̃/		 plafonniez
/pla.fɔ.nje/		 plafonnent
/pla.fɔn/
imperfect2 plafonnasse
/pla.fɔ.nas/		 plafonnasses
/pla.fɔ.nas/		 plafonnât
/pla.fɔ.na/		 plafonnassions
/pla.fɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 plafonnassiez
/pla.fɔ.na.sje/		 plafonnassent
/pla.fɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — plafonne
/pla.fɔn/		 — plafonnons
/pla.fɔ.nɔ̃/		 plafonnez
/pla.fɔ.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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