impressionner

impressionner

French

Etymology

    From impression +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/
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    Verb

    impressionner

    1. (transitive) to impress, to wow, to awe
      Synonyms: en boucher un coin, épater, époustoufler

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of impressionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple impressionner
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple impressionnant
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle impressionné
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.ne/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present impressionne
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		impressionnes
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		impressionne
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		impressionnons
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɔ̃/     		impressionnez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.ne/     		impressionnent
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/
    imperfect impressionnais
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/     		impressionnais
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/     		impressionnait
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/     		impressionnions
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.njɔ̃/     		impressionniez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nje/     		impressionnaient
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛ/
    past historic2 impressionnai
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.ne/     		impressionnas
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na/     		impressionna
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na/     		impressionnâmes
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nam/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nam/     		impressionnâtes
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nat/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nat/     		impressionnèrent
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
    future impressionnerai
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁe/     		impressionneras
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁa/     		impressionnera
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁa/     		impressionnerons
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/     		impressionnerez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁe/     		impressionneront
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional impressionnerais
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɛ/     		impressionnerais
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɛ/     		impressionnerait
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.ʁɛ/     		impressionnerions
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/     		impressionneriez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/     		impressionneraient
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn.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 impressionne
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		impressionnes
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		impressionne
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		impressionnions
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.njɔ̃/     		impressionniez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nje/     		impressionnent
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/
    imperfect2 impressionnasse
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nas/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nas/     		impressionnasses
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nas/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nas/     		impressionnât
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na/     		impressionnassions
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/     		impressionnassiez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.na.sje/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.na.sje/     		impressionnassent
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nas/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — impressionne
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔn/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔn/     		— impressionnons
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.nɔ̃/     		impressionnez
    /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ.ne/ or /ɛ̃.pʁe.sjɔ.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).

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