fonctionner
French, verb/fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne/
fonctionner is spelled F-O-N-C-T-I-O-N-N-E-R (11 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,842nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fonctionner is a French verb meaning “to function, to work” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Accomplir sa fonction, en parlant d’un mécanisme, d’un organe, etc”.
What does fonctionner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to function, to work
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Accomplir sa fonction, en parlant d’un mécanisme, d’un organe, etc. 2. Exercer une fonction, en parlant d’une personne
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fonctionner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- fonctionnant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- fonctionné participle past
- fonctionne first-person indicative present
- fonctionnes indicative present second-person
- fonctionnons first-person indicative plural
- fonctionnez indicative plural present
- fonctionnent indicative plural present
- fonctionnais first-person imperfect indicative
- fonctionnait imperfect indicative singular
- fonctionnions first-person imperfect indicative
- fonctionniez imperfect indicative plural
- fonctionnaient imperfect indicative plural
- fonctionnai first-person historic indicative
- fonctionnas historic indicative past
- fonctionna historic indicative past
- fonctionnâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fonctionner?
- /fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne/
- \fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne\
- [fɔ̃k.sjɔ.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fonctionner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fonctionner in French?
fonctionner appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).