charbonner

French

Etymology

From charbon (“coal”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/
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Verb

charbonner

  1. (transitive) to turn into coal
    Synonym: carbonifier
  2. (intransitive) to produce coal
    Le feu charbonnait en répandant une fumée grise.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. (reflexive) to become coal
  4. (informal) to work, to deal
    Synonyms: taffer, travailler
    • 2015, “Marabout”‎performed by Lacrim:
      On a charbonné comme jamais / Dans le trafic ou pas on a taffé
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2020 March 27, Lazamah (lyrics and music), “Pimp”, in Pimp‎:
      Je charbonne grave / Tu mе verras plus dans la tess
      I toil hard / You won’t see me on ends

Conjugation
Conjugation of charbonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple charbonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple charbonnant
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle charbonné
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present charbonne
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 charbonnes
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 charbonne
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 charbonnons
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɔ̃/		 charbonnez
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/		 charbonnent
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/
imperfect charbonnais
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/		 charbonnais
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/		 charbonnait
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/		 charbonnions
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.njɔ̃/		 charbonniez
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje/		 charbonnaient
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 charbonnai
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.ne/		 charbonnas
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/		 charbonna
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/		 charbonnâmes
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nam/		 charbonnâtes
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nat/		 charbonnèrent
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɛʁ/
future charbonnerai
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁe/		 charbonneras
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁa/		 charbonnera
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁa/		 charbonnerons
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 charbonnerez
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁe/		 charbonneront
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional charbonnerais
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/		 charbonnerais
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/		 charbonnerait
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.ʁɛ/		 charbonnerions
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 charbonneriez
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nə.ʁje/		 charbonneraient
/ʃaʁ.bɔn.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 charbonne
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 charbonnes
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 charbonne
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 charbonnions
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.njɔ̃/		 charbonniez
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nje/		 charbonnent
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/
imperfect2 charbonnasse
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/		 charbonnasses
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/		 charbonnât
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.na/		 charbonnassions
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 charbonnassiez
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.na.sje/		 charbonnassent
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — charbonne
/ʃaʁ.bɔn/		 — charbonnons
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.nɔ̃/		 charbonnez
/ʃaʁ.bɔ.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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