Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Introduction to the verb claironner
The English translation of the French verb claironner is “to trumpet” or “to blare”. It is pronounced as “klair-oh-nay” in its infinitive form.
The word claironner comes from the French word “clairon”, which means “trumpet”. It is derived from the Latin word “clārĭone”, meaning “trumpet”. In everyday French, claironner is used to describe a loud, clear and triumphant sound, often associated with a trumpet or a horn. It can also be used figuratively to mean boasting or making a big show of something.
In the Passé Antérieur tense, which is the literary past tense in French, claironner is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action. Here are three simple examples of its usage in this tense:
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J’eus claironné ma victoire avant que mes adversaires n’arrivent. (I had trumpeted my victory before my opponents arrived.)
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Les chasseurs eurent claironné leur arrivée dans la forêt. (The hunters had blared their arrival in the forest.)
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L’armée eut claironné sa puissance lors de la cérémonie de parade. (The army had trumpeted its power during the parade ceremony.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of claironner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse claironné | I had trumpeted |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses claironné | You had trumpeted |
il | il eût | Il eût claironné | He had trumpeted |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût claironné | She had trumpeted |
on | on eût | On eût claironné | One had trumpeted |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes claironné | We had trumpeted |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes claironné | You had trumpeted |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent claironné | They had trumpeted |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent claironné | They had trumpeted |
Other Conjugations for Claironner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb claironner
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Claironner – About the French Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense
Formation of the Passé Antérieur
Common Usage Patterns
Literature
Historical Texts
Formal Writing
Interactions with Other Tenses
Passé Composé (Present Perfect)
Imparfait (Imperfect)
Futur Antérieur (Future Perfect)
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