ronfler

Inherited from Middle French ronfler, from Old French ronfler, an expressive word of onomatopoetic origin. Compare Piedmontese romfé, Lombard romfà, Emilian romfè.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃.fle/

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ronfler

1. to snore
2. to snort (of a horse etc)
3. to roar

• ronflement
• ronfler comme un sonneur
• ronfler par saccades
• ronfleur

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

From Old French ronfler.

ronfler

1. to snore
   • 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:

     [I]lz en sentissent rien tant ilz ronfloient & dormoient parfondement.

     They didn't feel anything, for they were snoring and sleeping so deeply

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: ronfler

Of onomatopoetic origin.

ronfler

1. to snore
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Semblant comme së il dormoit,
     Qar il ronfloit forment du nés.

     He was pretending to sleep,
     For he was snoring visibly from the nose.

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: ronfler
  • French: ronfler
• Norman: ronflier