zoner
French, verb/zo.ne/
zoner is spelled Z-O-N-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zoner is a French verb meaning “to wander around, wander about” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Repérer, répartir par zones. Effectuer le zonage de quelque parcelle de terrain”.
What does zoner mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto wander around, wander about
On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais.
- 2
slangto sleep
Pendant l'hiver, on zonait chez des potes.
- 3
slangto go to sleep, hit the hay
Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Repérer, répartir par zones. Effectuer le zonage de quelque parcelle de terrain. 2. Mener une existence marginale ; vivre en zonard. 3. Flâner, errer, se déplacer sans but précis. 4. Se coucher.
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 zoner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- zonant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- zoné participle past
- zone first-person indicative present
- zones indicative present second-person
- zonons first-person indicative plural
- zonez indicative plural present
- zonent indicative plural present
- zonais first-person imperfect indicative
- zonait imperfect indicative singular
- zonions first-person imperfect indicative
- zoniez imperfect indicative plural
- zonaient imperfect indicative plural
- zonai first-person historic indicative
- zonas historic indicative past
- zona historic indicative past
- zonâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zoner?
- /zo.ne/
- \zo.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zoner in French?
zoner appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).