crooner
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹuːn.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
Noun
crooner (plural crooners)
- (music) One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.
- My mom likes to listen to old crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey.
- 2021 September 16, Sarah Naftalis, “The Casino” (8:14 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows[1], season 3, episode 1, spoken by Nadja of Antipaxos (Natasia Demetriou):
- “But, you know, crooners gonna croon.”
- 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (8:44 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks[2], season 5, episode 3, spoken by Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome):
- “Curious.” “Ah, don't waste those big Vulcan brain juices, T'Lyn. He's just a novelty beach crooner.” “Krog is my favorite musician.” “Oh. Sorry. I-I've heard he's very, uh, tropical.” “He is a master of the Vibe Tubes.”
Translations
one who croons
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁu.ne/
Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
crooner m (plural crooners)
Verb
crooner
Conjugation
Conjugation of crooner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | crooner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | croonant /kʁu.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | crooné /kʁu.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | croone /kʁun/ |
croones /kʁun/ |
croone /kʁun/ |
croonons /kʁu.nɔ̃/ |
croonez /kʁu.ne/ |
croonent /kʁun/ |
| imperfect | croonais /kʁu.nɛ/ |
croonais /kʁu.nɛ/ |
croonait /kʁu.nɛ/ |
croonions /kʁu.njɔ̃/ |
crooniez /kʁu.nje/ |
croonaient /kʁu.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | croonai /kʁu.ne/ |
croonas /kʁu.na/ |
croona /kʁu.na/ |
croonâmes /kʁu.nam/ |
croonâtes /kʁu.nat/ |
croonèrent /kʁu.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | croonerai /kʁun.ʁe/ |
crooneras /kʁun.ʁa/ |
croonera /kʁun.ʁa/ |
croonerons /kʁun.ʁɔ̃/ |
croonerez /kʁun.ʁe/ |
crooneront /kʁun.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | croonerais /kʁun.ʁɛ/ |
croonerais /kʁun.ʁɛ/ |
croonerait /kʁun.ʁɛ/ |
croonerions /kʁu.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
crooneriez /kʁu.nə.ʁje/ |
crooneraient /kʁun.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 | croone /kʁun/ |
croones /kʁun/ |
croone /kʁun/ |
croonions /kʁu.njɔ̃/ |
crooniez /kʁu.nje/ |
croonent /kʁun/ |
| imperfect2 | croonasse /kʁu.nas/ |
croonasses /kʁu.nas/ |
croonât /kʁu.na/ |
croonassions /kʁu.na.sjɔ̃/ |
croonassiez /kʁu.na.sje/ |
croonassent /kʁu.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | croone /kʁun/ |
— | croonons /kʁu.nɔ̃/ |
croonez /kʁu.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾuneɾ/ [ˈkɾu.neɾ]
- Rhymes: -uneɾ
- Syllabification: croo‧ner
Noun
crooner m (plural crooners)