pistonner

French

Etymology

    From piston +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pis.tɔ.ne/
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    Verb

    pistonner

    1. (transitive, informal) to put in a good word for somebody, to pull strings for somebody (apply influence)
      S'il ne m'avait pas pistonné, je n'aurais jamais obtenu ce job.
      If he hadn't put in a good word for me, I would never have got this job.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of pistonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple pistonner
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple pistonnant
    /pis.tɔ.nɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle pistonné
    /pis.tɔ.ne/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present pistonne
    /pis.tɔn/     		pistonnes
    /pis.tɔn/     		pistonne
    /pis.tɔn/     		pistonnons
    /pis.tɔ.nɔ̃/     		pistonnez
    /pis.tɔ.ne/     		pistonnent
    /pis.tɔn/
    imperfect pistonnais
    /pis.tɔ.nɛ/     		pistonnais
    /pis.tɔ.nɛ/     		pistonnait
    /pis.tɔ.nɛ/     		pistonnions
    /pis.tɔ.njɔ̃/     		pistonniez
    /pis.tɔ.nje/     		pistonnaient
    /pis.tɔ.nɛ/
    past historic2 pistonnai
    /pis.tɔ.ne/     		pistonnas
    /pis.tɔ.na/     		pistonna
    /pis.tɔ.na/     		pistonnâmes
    /pis.tɔ.nam/     		pistonnâtes
    /pis.tɔ.nat/     		pistonnèrent
    /pis.tɔ.nɛʁ/
    future pistonnerai
    /pis.tɔn.ʁe/     		pistonneras
    /pis.tɔn.ʁa/     		pistonnera
    /pis.tɔn.ʁa/     		pistonnerons
    /pis.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/     		pistonnerez
    /pis.tɔn.ʁe/     		pistonneront
    /pis.tɔn.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional pistonnerais
    /pis.tɔn.ʁɛ/     		pistonnerais
    /pis.tɔn.ʁɛ/     		pistonnerait
    /pis.tɔn.ʁɛ/     		pistonnerions
    /pis.tɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/     		pistonneriez
    /pis.tɔ.nə.ʁje/     		pistonneraient
    /pis.tɔn.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 pistonne
    /pis.tɔn/     		pistonnes
    /pis.tɔn/     		pistonne
    /pis.tɔn/     		pistonnions
    /pis.tɔ.njɔ̃/     		pistonniez
    /pis.tɔ.nje/     		pistonnent
    /pis.tɔn/
    imperfect2 pistonnasse
    /pis.tɔ.nas/     		pistonnasses
    /pis.tɔ.nas/     		pistonnât
    /pis.tɔ.na/     		pistonnassions
    /pis.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃/     		pistonnassiez
    /pis.tɔ.na.sje/     		pistonnassent
    /pis.tɔ.nas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — pistonne
    /pis.tɔn/     		— pistonnons
    /pis.tɔ.nɔ̃/     		pistonnez
    /pis.tɔ.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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