aluner

French

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-

Latin -men

Latin alūmen

Old French alum

French alun

Proto-Italic *-āzi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French aluner

From alun + -er.

Verb

aluner

1. to alum

Conjugation

Conjugation of aluner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aluner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	alunant /a.ly.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aluné /a.ly.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	alune /a.lyn/	alunes /a.lyn/	alune /a.lyn/	alunons /a.ly.nɔ̃/	alunez /a.ly.ne/	alunent /a.lyn/
	imperfect	alunais /a.ly.nɛ/	alunais /a.ly.nɛ/	alunait /a.ly.nɛ/	alunions /a.ly.njɔ̃/	aluniez /a.ly.nje/	alunaient /a.ly.nɛ/
	past historic2	alunai /a.ly.ne/	alunas /a.ly.na/	aluna /a.ly.na/	alunâmes /a.ly.nam/	alunâtes /a.ly.nat/	alunèrent /a.ly.nɛʁ/
	future	alunerai /a.lyn.ʁe/	aluneras /a.lyn.ʁa/	alunera /a.lyn.ʁa/	alunerons /a.lyn.ʁɔ̃/	alunerez /a.lyn.ʁe/	aluneront /a.lyn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	alunerais /a.lyn.ʁɛ/	alunerais /a.lyn.ʁɛ/	alunerait /a.lyn.ʁɛ/	alunerions /a.ly.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	aluneriez /a.ly.nə.ʁje/	aluneraient /a.lyn.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	alune /a.lyn/	alunes /a.lyn/	alune /a.lyn/	alunions /a.ly.njɔ̃/	aluniez /a.ly.nje/	alunent /a.lyn/
	imperfect2	alunasse /a.ly.nas/	alunasses /a.ly.nas/	alunât /a.ly.na/	alunassions /a.ly.na.sjɔ̃/	alunassiez /a.ly.na.sje/	alunassent /a.ly.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	alune /a.lyn/	—	alunons /a.ly.nɔ̃/	alunez /a.ly.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).

Derived terms

• alunage
• alunation

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂

Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂

Proto-Italic *louksnā

Latin lūna

Old French lune

Middle French lune

French lune

Proto-Italic *-āzi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French aluner

From a- + lune + -er.

Verb

aluner

1. synonym of alunir: to land on the Moon

Conjugation

Conjugation of aluner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aluner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	alunant /a.ly.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		aluné /a.ly.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	alune /a.lyn/	alunes /a.lyn/	alune /a.lyn/	alunons /a.ly.nɔ̃/	alunez /a.ly.ne/	alunent /a.lyn/
	imperfect	alunais /a.ly.nɛ/	alunais /a.ly.nɛ/	alunait /a.ly.nɛ/	alunions /a.ly.njɔ̃/	aluniez /a.ly.nje/	alunaient /a.ly.nɛ/
	past historic2	alunai /a.ly.ne/	alunas /a.ly.na/	aluna /a.ly.na/	alunâmes /a.ly.nam/	alunâtes /a.ly.nat/	alunèrent /a.ly.nɛʁ/
	future	alunerai /a.lyn.ʁe/	aluneras /a.lyn.ʁa/	alunera /a.lyn.ʁa/	alunerons /a.lyn.ʁɔ̃/	alunerez /a.lyn.ʁe/	aluneront /a.lyn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	alunerais /a.lyn.ʁɛ/	alunerais /a.lyn.ʁɛ/	alunerait /a.lyn.ʁɛ/	alunerions /a.ly.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	aluneriez /a.ly.nə.ʁje/	aluneraient /a.lyn.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	alune /a.lyn/	alunes /a.lyn/	alune /a.lyn/	alunions /a.ly.njɔ̃/	aluniez /a.ly.nje/	alunent /a.lyn/
	imperfect2	alunasse /a.ly.nas/	alunasses /a.ly.nas/	alunât /a.ly.na/	alunassions /a.ly.na.sjɔ̃/	alunassiez /a.ly.na.sje/	alunassent /a.ly.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	alune /a.lyn/	—	alunons /a.ly.nɔ̃/	alunez /a.ly.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).

Derived terms

• alunage

Further reading

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