clouons

Clouons is the present indicative form of the French verb clouer for the subject nous, meaning we nail. The verb clouer means to attach with nails or to secure something by nailing, and it derives from the noun clou (nail) as part of the customary -er verb conjugation in French.

Usage and notes:

Clouer is a regular -er verb, so its present tense forms follow the standard pattern. For nous, the stem is clou- with the ending -ons, yielding clouons. Common contexts include carpentry and construction, but the verb can also be used in broader, figurative senses to mean securing or completing something definitively. An idiomatic expression related to the verb is clouer le bec, meaning to shut someone up.

Example:

Nous clouons les planches au mur. (We nail the boards to the wall.)

Conjugation at a glance (present tense forms):

je cloue, tu cloues, il cloue, nous clouons, vous clouez, ils clouent. The past participle is cloué, and the passé composé is formed with être or avoir depending on construction, typically avoir: j’ai cloué.

See also:

Clouer, French verb conjugation, French carpentry vocabulary, common idioms using clouer. Clouons, as a form, appears in everyday French whenever the action of nailing is described in the first-person plural.