flagorner

French

Etymology

From Middle French flagorner, of obscure origin. Possibly equivalent to a blend of flatter (“to flatter”) +‎ corner (“to blow a horn, trumpet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/

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Verb

flagorner

1. (transitive, literary) to flatter coarsely; to toady

Conjugation

Conjugation of flagorner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	flagorner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	flagornant /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		flagorné /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/	flagornes /fla.ɡɔʁn/	flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/	flagornons /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɔ̃/	flagornez /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/	flagornent /fla.ɡɔʁn/
	imperfect	flagornais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/	flagornais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/	flagornait /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/	flagornions /fla.ɡɔʁ.njɔ̃/	flagorniez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nje/	flagornaient /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛ/
	past historic2	flagornai /fla.ɡɔʁ.ne/	flagornas /fla.ɡɔʁ.na/	flagorna /fla.ɡɔʁ.na/	flagornâmes /fla.ɡɔʁ.nam/	flagornâtes /fla.ɡɔʁ.nat/	flagornèrent /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɛʁ/
	future	flagornerai /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	flagorneras /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	flagornera /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁa/	flagornerons /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/	flagornerez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁe/	flagorneront /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	flagornerais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	flagornerais /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	flagornerait /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/	flagornerions /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	flagorneriez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nə.ʁje/	flagorneraient /fla.ɡɔʁ.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	flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/	flagornes /fla.ɡɔʁn/	flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/	flagornions /fla.ɡɔʁ.njɔ̃/	flagorniez /fla.ɡɔʁ.nje/	flagornent /fla.ɡɔʁn/
	imperfect2	flagornasse /fla.ɡɔʁ.nas/	flagornasses /fla.ɡɔʁ.nas/	flagornât /fla.ɡɔʁ.na/	flagornassions /fla.ɡɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/	flagornassiez /fla.ɡɔʁ.na.sje/	flagornassent /fla.ɡɔʁ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	flagorne /fla.ɡɔʁn/	—	flagornons /fla.ɡɔʁ.nɔ̃/	flagornez /fla.ɡɔʁ.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).

Related terms

• flagornerie
• flagorneur

Further reading

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