braconner

French

Etymology

From Occitan bracon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.kɔ.ne/

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Verb

braconner

1. to poach (hunt clandestinely)

Conjugation

Conjugation of braconner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	braconner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	braconnant /bʁa.kɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		braconné /bʁa.kɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	braconne /bʁa.kɔn/	braconnes /bʁa.kɔn/	braconne /bʁa.kɔn/	braconnons /bʁa.kɔ.nɔ̃/	braconnez /bʁa.kɔ.ne/	braconnent /bʁa.kɔn/
	imperfect	braconnais /bʁa.kɔ.nɛ/	braconnais /bʁa.kɔ.nɛ/	braconnait /bʁa.kɔ.nɛ/	braconnions /bʁa.kɔ.njɔ̃/	braconniez /bʁa.kɔ.nje/	braconnaient /bʁa.kɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	braconnai /bʁa.kɔ.ne/	braconnas /bʁa.kɔ.na/	braconna /bʁa.kɔ.na/	braconnâmes /bʁa.kɔ.nam/	braconnâtes /bʁa.kɔ.nat/	braconnèrent /bʁa.kɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	braconnerai /bʁa.kɔn.ʁe/	braconneras /bʁa.kɔn.ʁa/	braconnera /bʁa.kɔn.ʁa/	braconnerons /bʁa.kɔn.ʁɔ̃/	braconnerez /bʁa.kɔn.ʁe/	braconneront /bʁa.kɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	braconnerais /bʁa.kɔn.ʁɛ/	braconnerais /bʁa.kɔn.ʁɛ/	braconnerait /bʁa.kɔn.ʁɛ/	braconnerions /bʁa.kɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	braconneriez /bʁa.kɔ.nə.ʁje/	braconneraient /bʁa.kɔn.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	braconne /bʁa.kɔn/	braconnes /bʁa.kɔn/	braconne /bʁa.kɔn/	braconnions /bʁa.kɔ.njɔ̃/	braconniez /bʁa.kɔ.nje/	braconnent /bʁa.kɔn/
	imperfect2	braconnasse /bʁa.kɔ.nas/	braconnasses /bʁa.kɔ.nas/	braconnât /bʁa.kɔ.na/	braconnassions /bʁa.kɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	braconnassiez /bʁa.kɔ.na.sje/	braconnassent /bʁa.kɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	braconne /bʁa.kɔn/	—	braconnons /bʁa.kɔ.nɔ̃/	braconnez /bʁa.kɔ.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).

Derived terms

• braconnage
• braconnier

Further reading

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