somnoler

French

Etymology

Back-formation from somnolent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔm.nɔ.le/

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Verb

somnoler

1. to slumber

   Synonym: sommeiller

Conjugation

Conjugation of somnoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	somnoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	somnolant /sɔm.nɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		somnolé /sɔm.nɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	somnole /sɔm.nɔl/	somnoles /sɔm.nɔl/	somnole /sɔm.nɔl/	somnolons /sɔm.nɔ.lɔ̃/	somnolez /sɔm.nɔ.le/	somnolent /sɔm.nɔl/
	imperfect	somnolais /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/	somnolais /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/	somnolait /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/	somnolions /sɔm.nɔ.ljɔ̃/	somnoliez /sɔm.nɔ.lje/	somnolaient /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	somnolai /sɔm.nɔ.le/	somnolas /sɔm.nɔ.la/	somnola /sɔm.nɔ.la/	somnolâmes /sɔm.nɔ.lam/	somnolâtes /sɔm.nɔ.lat/	somnolèrent /sɔm.nɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	somnolerai /sɔm.nɔl.ʁe/	somnoleras /sɔm.nɔl.ʁa/	somnolera /sɔm.nɔl.ʁa/	somnolerons /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɔ̃/	somnolerez /sɔm.nɔl.ʁe/	somnoleront /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	somnolerais /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/	somnolerais /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/	somnolerait /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/	somnolerions /sɔm.nɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	somnoleriez /sɔm.nɔ.lə.ʁje/	somnoleraient /sɔm.nɔl.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	somnole /sɔm.nɔl/	somnoles /sɔm.nɔl/	somnole /sɔm.nɔl/	somnolions /sɔm.nɔ.ljɔ̃/	somnoliez /sɔm.nɔ.lje/	somnolent /sɔm.nɔl/
	imperfect2	somnolasse /sɔm.nɔ.las/	somnolasses /sɔm.nɔ.las/	somnolât /sɔm.nɔ.la/	somnolassions /sɔm.nɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	somnolassiez /sɔm.nɔ.la.sje/	somnolassent /sɔm.nɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	somnole /sɔm.nɔl/	—	somnolons /sɔm.nɔ.lɔ̃/	somnolez /sɔm.nɔ.le/	—
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).

Further reading

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