giguer
French
Etymology
Old French giguer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡe/
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Verb
giguer
- (intransitive, archaic) to dance the jig
- (intransitive, archaic) to dance, gambol, prance, frolic
- Synonyms: gambader, danser
Conjugation
Conjugation of giguer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | giguer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | giguant /ʒi.ɡɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | gigué /ʒi.ɡe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | gigue /ʒiɡ/ | gigues /ʒiɡ/ | gigue /ʒiɡ/ | giguons /ʒi.ɡɔ̃/ | giguez /ʒi.ɡe/ | giguent /ʒiɡ/ |
imperfect | giguais /ʒi.ɡɛ/ | giguais /ʒi.ɡɛ/ | giguait /ʒi.ɡɛ/ | giguions /ʒi.ɡjɔ̃/ | giguiez /ʒi.ɡje/ | giguaient /ʒi.ɡɛ/ | |
past historic2 | giguai /ʒi.ɡe/ | giguas /ʒi.ɡa/ | gigua /ʒi.ɡa/ | giguâmes /ʒi.ɡam/ | giguâtes /ʒi.ɡat/ | giguèrent /ʒi.ɡɛʁ/ | |
future | giguerai /ʒi.ɡʁe/ | gigueras /ʒi.ɡʁa/ | giguera /ʒi.ɡʁa/ | giguerons /ʒi.ɡʁɔ̃/ | giguerez /ʒi.ɡʁe/ | gigueront /ʒi.ɡʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | giguerais /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/ | giguerais /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/ | giguerait /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/ | giguerions /ʒi.ɡə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gigueriez /ʒi.ɡə.ʁje/ | gigueraient /ʒi.ɡʁɛ/ | |
(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 | gigue /ʒiɡ/ | gigues /ʒiɡ/ | gigue /ʒiɡ/ | giguions /ʒi.ɡjɔ̃/ | giguiez /ʒi.ɡje/ | giguent /ʒiɡ/ |
imperfect2 | giguasse /ʒi.ɡas/ | giguasses /ʒi.ɡas/ | giguât /ʒi.ɡa/ | giguassions /ʒi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/ | giguassiez /ʒi.ɡa.sje/ | giguassent /ʒi.ɡas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | gigue /ʒiɡ/ | — | giguons /ʒi.ɡɔ̃/ | giguez /ʒi.ɡe/ | — | |
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). |
Descendants
- →? English: jig
Further reading
- “giguer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.