hiberner
French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /i.bɛʁ.ne/
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Verb
hiberner
- to hibernate (to spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep)
Conjugation
Conjugation of hiberner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | hiberner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | hibernant /i.bɛʁ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | hiberné /i.bɛʁ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | hiberne /i.bɛʁn/ |
hibernes /i.bɛʁn/ |
hiberne /i.bɛʁn/ |
hibernons /i.bɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
hibernez /i.bɛʁ.ne/ |
hibernent /i.bɛʁn/ |
| imperfect | hibernais /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/ |
hibernais /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/ |
hibernait /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/ |
hibernions /i.bɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
hiberniez /i.bɛʁ.nje/ |
hibernaient /i.bɛʁ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | hibernai /i.bɛʁ.ne/ |
hibernas /i.bɛʁ.na/ |
hiberna /i.bɛʁ.na/ |
hibernâmes /i.bɛʁ.nam/ |
hibernâtes /i.bɛʁ.nat/ |
hibernèrent /i.bɛʁ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | hibernerai /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
hiberneras /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
hibernera /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁa/ |
hibernerons /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ |
hibernerez /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁe/ |
hiberneront /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | hibernerais /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
hibernerais /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
hibernerait /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ |
hibernerions /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
hiberneriez /i.bɛʁ.nə.ʁje/ |
hiberneraient /i.bɛʁ.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 | hiberne /i.bɛʁn/ |
hibernes /i.bɛʁn/ |
hiberne /i.bɛʁn/ |
hibernions /i.bɛʁ.njɔ̃/ |
hiberniez /i.bɛʁ.nje/ |
hibernent /i.bɛʁn/ |
| imperfect2 | hibernasse /i.bɛʁ.nas/ |
hibernasses /i.bɛʁ.nas/ |
hibernât /i.bɛʁ.na/ |
hibernassions /i.bɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
hibernassiez /i.bɛʁ.na.sje/ |
hibernassent /i.bɛʁ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | hiberne /i.bɛʁn/ |
— | hibernons /i.bɛʁ.nɔ̃/ |
hibernez /i.bɛʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “hiberner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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