daigner
French
Etymology
From Old French deignier, from Vulgar Latin *dignāre, from Latin dīgnārī, present active infinitive of dīgnō. Compare Italian degnare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛ.ɲe/, /de.ɲe/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -e
- Homophones: daignai, daigné, daignée, daignées, daignés, daignez
Verb
daigner
- to deign, condescend
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter II:
- Daignez, ô ma dame, avoir souvenance de ce coeur, votre sujet, qui souffre tant d’angoisses pour l’amour de vous.
- Deign, O my lady, to have remembrance of this heart, your subject, who suffers so much distress for the love of you.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of daigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | daigner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | daignant /dɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /de.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | daigné /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | daigne /dɛɲ/ | daignes /dɛɲ/ | daigne /dɛɲ/ | daignons /dɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /de.ɲɔ̃/ | daignez /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ | daignent /dɛɲ/ |
imperfect | daignais /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ | daignais /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ | daignait /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ | daignions /dɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲjɔ̃/ | daigniez /dɛ.ɲje/ or /de.ɲje/ | daignaient /dɛ.ɲɛ/ or /de.ɲɛ/ | |
past historic2 | daignai /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ | daignas /dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ | daigna /dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ | daignâmes /dɛ.ɲam/ or /de.ɲam/ | daignâtes /dɛ.ɲat/ or /de.ɲat/ | daignèrent /dɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /de.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | daignerai /dɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /de.ɲə.ʁe/ | daigneras /dɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /de.ɲə.ʁa/ | daignera /dɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /de.ɲə.ʁa/ | daignerons /dɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | daignerez /dɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /de.ɲə.ʁe/ | daigneront /dɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | daignerais /dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | daignerais /dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | daignerait /dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | daignerions /dɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | daigneriez /dɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /de.ɲə.ʁje/ | daigneraient /dɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /de.ɲə.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 | daigne /dɛɲ/ | daignes /dɛɲ/ | daigne /dɛɲ/ | daignions /dɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲjɔ̃/ | daigniez /dɛ.ɲje/ or /de.ɲje/ | daignent /dɛɲ/ |
imperfect2 | daignasse /dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ | daignasses /dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ | daignât /dɛ.ɲa/ or /de.ɲa/ | daignassions /dɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /de.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | daignassiez /dɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /de.ɲa.sje/ | daignassent /dɛ.ɲas/ or /de.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | daigne /dɛɲ/ | — | daignons /dɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /de.ɲɔ̃/ | daignez /dɛ.ɲe/ or /de.ɲe/ | — | |
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). |
Related terms
- dédaigner
- digne
Further reading
- “daigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dénigra, gardien, geindra, grandie