couiner
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwi.ne/
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Verb
couiner
- (intransitive, of an object) to creak, squeak
- (intransitive, of an animal or person) to squeal, squeak
Conjugation
Conjugation of couiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | couiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | couinant /kwi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | couiné /kwi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | couine /kwin/ | couines /kwin/ | couine /kwin/ | couinons /kwi.nɔ̃/ | couinez /kwi.ne/ | couinent /kwin/ |
imperfect | couinais /kwi.nɛ/ | couinais /kwi.nɛ/ | couinait /kwi.nɛ/ | couinions /kwi.njɔ̃/ | couiniez /kwi.nje/ | couinaient /kwi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | couinai /kwi.ne/ | couinas /kwi.na/ | couina /kwi.na/ | couinâmes /kwi.nam/ | couinâtes /kwi.nat/ | couinèrent /kwi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | couinerai /kwin.ʁe/ | couineras /kwin.ʁa/ | couinera /kwin.ʁa/ | couinerons /kwin.ʁɔ̃/ | couinerez /kwin.ʁe/ | couineront /kwin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | couinerais /kwin.ʁɛ/ | couinerais /kwin.ʁɛ/ | couinerait /kwin.ʁɛ/ | couinerions /kwi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | couineriez /kwi.nə.ʁje/ | couineraient /kwin.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 | couine /kwin/ | couines /kwin/ | couine /kwin/ | couinions /kwi.njɔ̃/ | couiniez /kwi.nje/ | couinent /kwin/ |
imperfect2 | couinasse /kwi.nas/ | couinasses /kwi.nas/ | couinât /kwi.na/ | couinassions /kwi.na.sjɔ̃/ | couinassiez /kwi.na.sje/ | couinassent /kwi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | couine /kwin/ | — | couinons /kwi.nɔ̃/ | couinez /kwi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- couinement
Further reading
- “couiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.