ronfler

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ronfler, from Old French ronfler, an expressive word of onomatopoetic origin. Compare Piedmontese romfé, Lombard romfà, Emilian romfè.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃.fle/

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Verb

ronfler

1. to snore

Guy Miège, The Great French Dictionary, 1688. "Faire du bruit avec le né lors qu'on dort, to snore. Courage, mon cher, ne craignez point, mon mari ronfle comme il faut, come on, my dear, and fear not, my husband snores bravely."

1. to snort (of a horse etc)
2. to roar

Conjugation

Conjugation of ronfler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ronfler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ronflant /ʁɔ̃.flɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ronflé /ʁɔ̃.fle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ronfle /ʁɔ̃fl/	ronfles /ʁɔ̃fl/	ronfle /ʁɔ̃fl/	ronflons /ʁɔ̃.flɔ̃/	ronflez /ʁɔ̃.fle/	ronflent /ʁɔ̃fl/
	imperfect	ronflais /ʁɔ̃.flɛ/	ronflais /ʁɔ̃.flɛ/	ronflait /ʁɔ̃.flɛ/	ronflions /ʁɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	ronfliez /ʁɔ̃.fli.je/	ronflaient /ʁɔ̃.flɛ/
	past historic2	ronflai /ʁɔ̃.fle/	ronflas /ʁɔ̃.fla/	ronfla /ʁɔ̃.fla/	ronflâmes /ʁɔ̃.flam/	ronflâtes /ʁɔ̃.flat/	ronflèrent /ʁɔ̃.flɛʁ/
	future	ronflerai /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	ronfleras /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	ronflera /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁa/	ronflerons /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/	ronflerez /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁe/	ronfleront /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ronflerais /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	ronflerais /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	ronflerait /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁɛ/	ronflerions /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁjɔ̃/	ronfleriez /ʁɔ̃.flə.ʁje/	ronfleraient /ʁɔ̃.flə.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	ronfle /ʁɔ̃fl/	ronfles /ʁɔ̃fl/	ronfle /ʁɔ̃fl/	ronflions /ʁɔ̃.fli.jɔ̃/	ronfliez /ʁɔ̃.fli.je/	ronflent /ʁɔ̃fl/
	imperfect2	ronflasse /ʁɔ̃.flas/	ronflasses /ʁɔ̃.flas/	ronflât /ʁɔ̃.fla/	ronflassions /ʁɔ̃.fla.sjɔ̃/	ronflassiez /ʁɔ̃.fla.sje/	ronflassent /ʁɔ̃.flas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ronfle /ʁɔ̃fl/	—	ronflons /ʁɔ̃.flɔ̃/	ronflez /ʁɔ̃.fle/	—
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

• ronflement
• ronfler comme un sonneur
• ronfler par saccades
• ronfleur

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ronfler.

Verb

ronfler

1. to snore
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     [I]lz en sentissent rien tant ilz ronfloient & dormoient parfondement.

     They didn't feel anything, for they were snoring and sleeping so deeply

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of ronfler

infinitive	simple	ronfler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	ronflant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		ronflé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ronfle	ronfles	ronfle	ronflons	ronflez	ronflent
	imperfect	ronflois, ronfloys	ronflois, ronfloys	ronfloit, ronfloyt	ronflions, ronflyons	ronfliez, ronflyez	ronfloient, ronfloyent
	past historic	ronfla	ronflas	ronfla	ronflasmes	ronflastes	ronflerent
	future	ronflerai, ronfleray	ronfleras	ronflera	ronflerons	ronflerez	ronfleront
	conditional	ronflerois, ronfleroys	ronflerois, ronfleroys	ronfleroit, ronfleroyt	ronflerions, ronfleryons	ronfleriez, ronfleryez	ronfleroient, ronfleroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	ronfle	ronfles	ronfle	ronflons	ronflez	ronflent
	imperfect	ronflasse	ronflasses	ronflast	ronflassions	ronflassiez	ronflassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ronfle	—	ronflons	ronflez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: ronfler

Old French

Etymology

Of onomatopoetic origin.

Verb

ronfler

1. to snore
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Semblant comme së il dormoit,
     Qar il ronfloit forment du nés.

     He was pretending to sleep,
     For he was snoring visibly from the nose.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of ronfler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ronfler			avoir ronflé
gerund		en ronflant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		ronflant
past participle		ronflé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	ronfle	ronfles	ronfle	ronflons	ronflez	ronflent
	imperfect	ronfloie, ronfleie, ronfloe, ronfleve	ronfloies, ronfleies, ronfloes, ronfleves	ronfloit, ronfleit, ronflot, ronfleve	ronfliiens, ronfliens	ronfliiez, ronfliez	ronfloient, ronfleient, ronfloent, ronflevent
	preterite	ronflai	ronflas	ronfla	ronflames	ronflastes	ronflerent
	future	ronflerai	ronfleras	ronflera	ronflerons	ronfleroiz, ronflereiz, ronflerez	ronfleront
	conditional	ronfleroie, ronflereie	ronfleroies, ronflereies	ronfleroit, ronflereit	ronfleriiens, ronfleriens	ronfleriiez, ronfleriez	ronfleroient, ronflereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	ronfle	ronfles	ronfle	ronflons	ronflez	ronflent
	imperfect	ronflasse	ronflasses	ronflast	ronflissons, ronflissiens	ronflissoiz, ronflissez, ronflissiez	ronflassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ronfle	—	ronflons	ronflez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: ronfler
  • French: ronfler
• Norman: ronflier