grignoter
French
Etymology
From grigner + -oter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te/
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Verb
grignoter
- to nibble
- to snack
Conjugation
Conjugation of grignoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | grignoter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | grignotant /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | grignoté /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | grignote /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | grignotes /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | grignote /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | grignotons /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɔ̃/ | grignotez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te/ | grignotent /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ |
| imperfect | grignotais /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɛ/ | grignotais /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɛ/ | grignotait /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɛ/ | grignotions /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tjɔ̃/ | grignotiez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tje/ | grignotaient /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | grignotai /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te/ | grignotas /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.ta/ | grignota /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.ta/ | grignotâmes /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tam/ | grignotâtes /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tat/ | grignotèrent /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | grignoterai /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁe/ | grignoteras /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁa/ | grignotera /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁa/ | grignoterons /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | grignoterez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁe/ | grignoteront /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | grignoterais /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ | grignoterais /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ | grignoterait /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ | grignoterions /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | grignoteriez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tə.ʁje/ | grignoteraient /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | grignote /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | grignotes /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | grignote /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | grignotions /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tjɔ̃/ | grignotiez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tje/ | grignotent /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ |
| imperfect2 | grignotasse /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tas/ | grignotasses /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tas/ | grignotât /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.ta/ | grignotassions /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | grignotassiez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.ta.sje/ | grignotassent /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | grignote /ɡʁi.ɲɔt/ | — | grignotons /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.tɔ̃/ | grignotez /ɡʁi.ɲɔ.te/ | — | |
| 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
- grignotage
- grignotement
- grignoterie
- grignoteur
- grignoteuse
Further reading
- “grignoter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “grignoter” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “grignoter” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.