guigner
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡi.ɲe/
Etymology 1
From guigne + -ier.
Noun
guigner m (plural guigners)
- wild cherry tree
Etymology 2
From Old French guignier, from Frankish *wingjan, from Proto-Germanic *winkaną, also the source of English wink, from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”).
Verb
guigner
- (transitive) to eye (sneak a look at)
Conjugation
Conjugation of guigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | guigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | guignant /ɡi.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | guigné /ɡi.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | guigne /ɡiɲ/ | guignes /ɡiɲ/ | guigne /ɡiɲ/ | guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/ | guignez /ɡi.ɲe/ | guignent /ɡiɲ/ |
| imperfect | guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/ | guignais /ɡi.ɲɛ/ | guignait /ɡi.ɲɛ/ | guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/ | guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/ | guignaient /ɡi.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | guignai /ɡi.ɲe/ | guignas /ɡi.ɲa/ | guigna /ɡi.ɲa/ | guignâmes /ɡi.ɲam/ | guignâtes /ɡi.ɲat/ | guignèrent /ɡi.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | guignerai /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/ | guigneras /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/ | guignera /ɡi.ɲə.ʁa/ | guignerons /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | guignerez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁe/ | guigneront /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | guignerais /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | guignerait /ɡi.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | guignerions /ɡi.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ | guigneriez /ɡi.ɲə.ʁje/ | guigneraient /ɡi.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 | guigne /ɡiɲ/ | guignes /ɡiɲ/ | guigne /ɡiɲ/ | guignions /ɡi.ɲjɔ̃/ | guigniez /ɡi.ɲje/ | guignent /ɡiɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | guignasse /ɡi.ɲas/ | guignasses /ɡi.ɲas/ | guignât /ɡi.ɲa/ | guignassions /ɡi.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ | guignassiez /ɡi.ɲa.sje/ | guignassent /ɡi.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | guigne /ɡiɲ/ | — | guignons /ɡi.ɲɔ̃/ | guignez /ɡi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- guignol
- guignon
Further reading
- “guigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.